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Interpreting the Internet: Feminist and Queer Counterpublics in Latin America
Elisabeth Jay Friedman
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Description for Interpreting the Internet: Feminist and Queer Counterpublics in Latin America
Paperback. Every user knows the importance of the "@" symbol in internet communication. This book provides the exploration of how Latin American feminist and queer activists have interpreted the internet to support their counter publics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 18 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KL; JFD; JFFK; JFSJ1; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 2. Weight in Grams: 346.
Every user knows the importance of the @ symbol in internet communication. Though the symbol barely existed in Latin America before the emergence of email, Spanish-speaking feminist activists immediately claimed it to replace the awkward o/a used to indicate both genders in written text, discovering embedded in the internet an answer to the challenge of symbolic inclusion. In repurposing the symbol, they changed its meaning. In Interpreting the Internet, Elisabeth Jay Friedman provides the first in-depth exploration of how Latin American feminist and queer activists have interpreted the internet to support their counter publics. Aided by ... Read more
Every user knows the importance of the @ symbol in internet communication. Though the symbol barely existed in Latin America before the emergence of email, Spanish-speaking feminist activists immediately claimed it to replace the awkward o/a used to indicate both genders in written text, discovering embedded in the internet an answer to the challenge of symbolic inclusion. In repurposing the symbol, they changed its meaning. In Interpreting the Internet, Elisabeth Jay Friedman provides the first in-depth exploration of how Latin American feminist and queer activists have interpreted the internet to support their counter publics. Aided by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
345g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520284517
SKU
V9780520284517
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About Elisabeth Jay Friedman
Elisabeth Jay Friedman is Chair and Professor of Politics and Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of Unfinished Transitions: Women and the Gendered Development of Democracy in Venezuela, 1936-1996 and the coauthor of Sovereignty, Democracy, and Global Civil Society: State-Society Relations at UN World Conferences.
Reviews for Interpreting the Internet: Feminist and Queer Counterpublics in Latin America
A grounded and well thought-out book. It is essential reading to anyone new to feminist counterpublics in Latin America, and I suspect to many feminist activists who may want to contextualise the work they do online. Gender & IT