Interpreting the Internet : Feminist and Queer Counterpublics in Latin America / / Elisabeth Jay Friedman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910151616603321
• Autore: Friedman Elisabeth Jay
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 0-520-96010-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 302.23/1
• Soggetti: Internet and women - Latin America; Internet - Social aspects - Latin America; Sexual minorities - Latin America - Social life and customs; Internet and activism - Latin America; Feminism - Latin America; At sign - Social aspects - Latin America; LGBTQ+ Latinx; Lesbian Latinas
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2016.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Interpreting the Internet: A Feminist Sociomaterial Approach -- 1. Conceiving Latin American Feminist Counterpublics -- 2. The Creation of "a Modern Weaving Machine": Bringing Feminist Counterpublics Online -- 3. Weaving the "Invisible Web": Counterpublic Organizations Interpret the Internet -- 4. La Red Informativa de Mujeres de Argentina: Constructing a Counterpublic -- 5. From Privacy to Lesbian Visibility: Latin American Lesbian Feminist Internet Practices -- Conclusion. Making the Internet Make Sense -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 counterpublics. Aided by a global network of women and men dedicated to establishing an accessible internet, activists have developed identities, constructed communities, and honed strategies for social change. And by translating the internet into their own vernacular, they have transformed the technology itself. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in feminist and gender studies, Latin American studies, media studies, and political science, as well as anyone curious about the ways in which the internet shapes our lives.