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001 2008017373
003 DLC
005 20090810105858.0
008 080415s2009 nyua b s001 0 eng
010 $a 2008017373
020 $a9780791476734 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0791476731 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780791476741 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a079147674X (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn225091290
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dC#P$dCDX$dBWX$dRID$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aQA76.9.C66$bE95 2009
082 00 $a303.48/34$222
100 1 $aEverett, Anna,$d1954-
245 10 $aDigital diaspora :$ba race for cyberspace /$cAnna Everett.
260 $aAlbany :$bSUNY Press,$cc2009.
300 $axii, 248 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aSuny series, cultural studies in cinema/video
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-236) and index.
520 $aTraces the rise of black participation in cyberspace, particularly during the early years of the Internet. The author challenges the problematic historical view of black people as quintessential information-age outsiders or poster children for the digital divide by uncovering their early technolust and repositioning them as eager technology adopters and consumers, and thus as co-constituent elements in the information technology revolution. Offers case studies that include lessons learned from early adoption of the Internet by the Association of Nigerians Living Abroad and their Niajanet virtual community, the grassroots organizing efforts that led to the Million Woman March, the migration of several historical black presses online, and an interventionist critique of race in contemporary video games.
505 0 $aToward a theory of the egalitarian technosphere : how wide is the digital divide -- Digital women : the case of the million woman march online and on television -- New black public spheres : the case of the black press in the age of digital reproduction -- Serious play : playing with race in contemporary culture -- The revolution will be digitized : reimaging Africanity in cyberspace.
650 0 $aComputers$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans and mass media$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDigital media$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican diaspora.
830 0 $aSUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video.