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Record Nr.

UNINA9910647296703321

Autore

White Michele <1962->

Titolo

Buy it now : lessons from eBay / / Michele White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, N.C., : Duke University Press, 2012

Durham : , : Duke University Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

9786613854568

9781478093541

1478093544

9781283542111

1283542110

9780822391876

0822391872

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Classificazione

LC 13000

Disciplina

381/.177

Soggetti

Internet - Social aspects

Electronic commerce - Social aspects

Internet and women

Online identities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Figures; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction. Lessons and Methods from eBay; One. Between Security and Distrust: eBay's Brand, Fan, and Virtual Communities; Two. Pins, Cards, and Griffith's Jacket: Producing Identity and Brand Communities through eBay Live! Conferences and Collecting; Three. You Can "Get It On" eBay: Selling Gender, Sexuality, and Organizational Logic through the Interface; Four. eBay's Visible Masculinities: "Gay" and "Gay Interest" Listings and the Politics of Describing

Five. eBay Boys Will Be Lesbians: Viewing "Lesbian" and "Lesbian Interest" Vintage Photography ListingsSix. Re-collecting Black Americana: "Absolutely Derogatory" Objects and Narratives from eBay's Community; Afterword. Everything in Moderation: The Regulating



Aspects of craigslist and the Moral Assertions of "Community Flagging"; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Buy It Now, Michele White examines eBay and its emphasis on community and social norms, revealing the cultural assumptions about gender, race, and sexuality that are reinforced throughout the site. She shows how instructional texts, rule systems, and advertisements ""configure the user,"" allowing eBay to indicate how the site is supposed to function while concurrently upholding and promoting particular social values, practices, and norms.