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1 online resource |
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Weblogistan and the Iranian diaspora: nation and its re-territorializations in cyberspace -- Civil society (Jaamée-ye Madani), soccer, and gendered politics in Weblogistan: the 2005 presidential election -- Whores, homos, and feminists: Weblogistan's anti-modern others -- Weblogistan and its homosexual problem |
| Summary |
"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 on-line 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"-- Provided by publisher |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
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Blogs -- Social aspects -- Iran
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Blogs -- Political aspects -- Iran
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Civil society -- Iran
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Political participation -- Iran -- Computer network resources
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Cyberspace -- Social aspects -- Iran
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Cyberspace -- Political aspects -- Iran
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
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Civil society.
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Cyberspace -- Political aspects.
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Cyberspace -- Social aspects.
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Political participation -- Computer network resources.
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Iran.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2019981093 |
| ISBN |
9781478007333 |
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1478007338 |
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