Cyberculture and the Subaltern

Weavings of the Virtual and Real
Herausgeber: Gajjala, Radhika

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Through interdisciplinary lenses enabled by cultural studies and feminist methodologies, this book, edited by Radhika Gajjala, looks at online microfinance, new technologies, virtual world marketing, and handloom contexts from India and Africa in relation to development discourse that posits a binary between "tradition" and modernity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780739118535
• ISBN-10: 0739118536
• Artikelnr.: 36392594

Autorenporträt

Edited by Radhika Gajjala

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Subaltern Empowerment
Socioeconomic Globalization
and Digital Divides Radhika Gajjala Chapter 1. Producing the Global: Microfinance Online Radhika Gajjala
Franklin Nii Yartey
and Anca Birzescu Chapter 2. Philanthropist or Investor? Microlending to the Other Radhika Gajjala
Anca Birzescu
and Franklin Nii Yartey Chapter 3. Snapshots from Sari Trails: Cyborgs Old and New Radhika Gajjala
with Rad Zabibha Chapter 4. Framing the Loom Radhika Gajjala
Seemanthini Niranjana
and B. Syamasundari Chapter 5. Kente Cloth and Adinkra in the Global Market Precious Yamaguchi and Franklin Nii Yartey Conclusion Radhika Gajjala