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South Asian Technospaces

Steve Jones editor Radhika Gajjala editor Venkataramana Gajjala editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Peter Lang Publishing Inc

Published:2nd Apr '08

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This book provides perspectives on how South Asian – often, more specifically, Indian – diasporas inhabit techno-mediated environments through their economic and socio-cultural activities. The themes examined include religion, caste, language, and gender in online communities and call centers, and the roles of these factors in the global economy, Bollywood online and offline, digital music, websites for arranging marriages, and so on. The book attempts to map «South Asia» in relation to global technospaces produced through and as a consequence of economic globalization efforts.

«This collection provides an important contribution to the emerging field of cyberculture studies. By assembling essays that consider technology from a variety of angles, the editors reveal the blind spots of new media theories, postcolonial theory, and diaspora studies. The volume elucidates the remarkable woof and warp of labor, education, and communication strategies, using South Asia as place to complicate prevailing assumptions concerning globalized cyberspace and the advent of worldwide participation in digital technologies.» (from the preface by Jillana Enteen, Northwestern University)

ISBN: 9781433102448

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 660g

306 pages

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