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Awkward Politics: Technologies of Popfeminist Activism
Carrie Smith-Prei
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Description for Awkward Politics: Technologies of Popfeminist Activism
Paperback. A cutting-edge study that shows how awkwardness uncovers feminist politics at work in the digital age. Num Pages: 280 pages, 21 b&w photos. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFK; JFSJ1; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
The increased use of digital tools for political activism has triggered heated debates about the effectiveness of digital campaigns for political change and feminist causes. While technology's immediacy and transnational reach have broadened the potential impact of activism, it has, at the same time, complicated the goals, materiality, and consumption of feminist actions. In Awkward Politics, Carrie Smith-Prei and Maria Stehle suggest that awkwardness offers a means of engaging with twenty-first century feminist activism by accounting for the uncertainty of popfeminist moments and movements, its sometimes illegible meanings, affects, and aesthetics. By investigating transnational media ranging from ... Read more
The increased use of digital tools for political activism has triggered heated debates about the effectiveness of digital campaigns for political change and feminist causes. While technology's immediacy and transnational reach have broadened the potential impact of activism, it has, at the same time, complicated the goals, materiality, and consumption of feminist actions. In Awkward Politics, Carrie Smith-Prei and Maria Stehle suggest that awkwardness offers a means of engaging with twenty-first century feminist activism by accounting for the uncertainty of popfeminist moments and movements, its sometimes illegible meanings, affects, and aesthetics. By investigating transnational media ranging from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
417g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773547476
SKU
V9780773547476
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About Carrie Smith-Prei
Carrie Smith-Prei is associate professor of German studies at the University of Alberta. Maria Stehle is associate professor of German and a faculty member in cinema studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Reviews for Awkward Politics: Technologies of Popfeminist Activism
... a kind of feminist manifesto for the new millennium ... that gives this zeitgeist structure and texture. For better or worse, it is both cause and effect of our neo-liberal and digital age. Whether we choose to follow this brand of feminism or not, the q [The] premise that awkwardness can be a theoretical tool for reading feminist ... Read more