Buch
Monografie
Politics of Rightful Killing : Civil Society, Gender, and Sexuality in Weblogistan
Verfasst von:
Shakhsari, Sina
Durham ; London:
Duke University Press
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2020
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284 S.
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Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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Verfasst von: | Shakhsari, Sina |
Jahr: | 2020 |
Maße: | 23 cm |
ISBN: | 1478005963 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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In the early 2000s, mainstream international news outlets celebrated the growth of Weblogistan—the online and real-life transnational network of Iranian bloggers—and depicted it as a liberatory site that gave voice to Iranians. As Sima Shakhsari argues in Politics of Rightful Killing, the common assumptions of Weblogistan as a site of civil society consensus and resistance to state oppression belie its deep internal conflicts. While Weblogistan was an effective venue for some Iranians to “practice democracy,” it served as a valuable site for the United States to surveil bloggers and express anti-Iranian sentiment and policies. At the same time, bloggers used the network to self-police and enforce gender and sexuality norms based on Western liberal values in ways that unwittingly undermined Weblogistan's claims of democratic participation. In this way, Weblogistan became a site of cybergovernmentality, where biopolitical security regimes disciplined and regulated populations. Analyzing online and off-line ethnography, Shakhsari provides an account of digital citizenship that raises questions about the internet's relationship to political engagement, militarism, and democracy. | |
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enthält bibliographische Angaben (257-276) und Index (277-248) | |
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