Bodies of Information: Intersectional Feminism and the Digital Humanities
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Bodies of Information: Intersectional Feminism and the Digital Humanities
By (Author) Elizabeth Losh
Edited by Jacqueline Wernimont
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st April 2019
United States
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General
Non Fiction
Poverty and precarity
Housing and homelessness
Gender studies, gender groups
305.420285
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Paperback
544
Width 178mm, Height 254mm, Spine 51mm
Description
Can the digital humanities complicate the basic assumptions of tech culture, or will this body of scholarship and practices simply reinforce preexisting biases Bodies of Information addresses this question by assembling a varied group of leading voices, showcasing feminist contributions to topics including ubiquitous computing, game studies, new materialisms, and cultural phenomena like hashtag activism, hacktivism, and campaigns against online misogyny.
Author Bio
Elizabeth Losh is associate professor of English and American studies at The College of William & Mary with a specialization in new media ecologies. She is author of Virtualpolitik and The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University and coauthor of Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing.
Jacqueline Wernimont is assistant professor at Arizona State University, where she directs the Human Security Collaboratory and the Nexus Digital Research Co-op. She is author of Numbered Lives: Life and Death in Quantum Media.
