Postcolonial politics, the internet, and everyday life :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
pacific traversals online /
First Statement of Responsibility
M.I. Franklin.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 293 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ;
Volume Designation
35
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Marketing the neoliberal dream -- Everyday life online -- I'm tired of slaving myself? -- A play on the royal demons -- I define my own identity -- Please refrain from using capitals -- Internet research praxis in postcolonial settings -- The knowledge-power nexus and the internet.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Contemporary Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) are now an inescapable part of everyday life as well as an integral element to large scale political-economic change. In this close-up study of pioneering and longstanding Internet discussion forums, M.I. Franklin explores the practice of everyday life online. The author traces the online practices and discussion content produced by postcolonial and diasporic communities as they (re)articulate gendered, political, ethnic and cultural dimensions to life for postcolonial societies on-the-ground.
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In a neoliberal global era, however, possibilities for intercultural and intracultural empowerment evident in the postcolonial politics of representation of these communities have to contend with new and entrenched political-economic and sociocultural pressures from all sides. Franklin argues that these Pacific traversals in public, open cyberspace trace another possible future for the Internet; more hospitable and equitable than the one currently being put in place by large corporations." "This book will be of interest to students of international relations/international political economy, anthropology, cultural studies, science and technology studies."--Jacket.