- Blurb -
Traces the longstanding relationship between technology and Black feminist thought Black women are at the forefront of some of this century' s most important discussions about technology: trolling, online harassment, algorithmic bias, and influencer culture. But, Catherine Knight Steele argues that Black women' s relationship to technology began long before the advent of Twitter or Instagram. To truly "listen to Black women," Steele points to the history of Black feminist technoculture in the United States and its ability to decenter white supremacy and patriarchy in a conversation about the future of technology. Using the virtual beauty shop as a metaphor, Digital Black Feminism walks readers through the technical skill, communicative expertise, and entrepreneurial acumen of Black women' s labor-born of survival strategies and economic necessity-both on and offline. Positioning Black women at the center of our discourse about the past, present, and future of technology, Steele offers a through-line from the writing of early twentieth-century Black women to the bloggers and social media mavens of the twenty-first century. She makes connections among the letters, news articles, and essays of Black feminist writers of the past and a digital archive of blog posts, tweets, and Instagram stories of some of the most well-known Black feminist writers of our time. Linking narratives and existing literature about Black women' s technology use in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century, Digital Black Feminism traverses the bounds between historical and archival analysis and empirical internet studies, forcing a reconciliation between fields and methods that are not always in conversation. As the work of Black feminist writers now reaches its widest audience online, Steele offers both hopefulness and caution on the implications of Black feminism becoming a digital product.
- Titles in the Series -
Arabs and Muslims in the Media: Race and Representation After 9/11
Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture
Celebrity: A History of Fame
Commodity Activism: Cultural Resistance in Neoliberal Times
Critical Cultural Communication: Dot-Com Design: The Rise of a Usable, Social, Commercial Web
Critical Cultural Communication: Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry
Critical Cultural Communication: Identity Trade, The: Selling Privacy and Reputation Online
Critical Cultural Communication: Locked Out: Regional Restrictions in Digital Entertainment Culture
Critical Cultural Communication: Making Media Work: Cultures of Management in the Entertainment Industries
Critical Cultural Communication: Netflix Nations: The Geography of Digital Distribution
Critical Cultural Communication: Struggling for Ordinary: Media and Transgender Belonging in Everyday Life
Digital Black Feminism
Digital City, The: Media and the Social Production of Place
Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines
Dislike-Minded: Media, Audiences, and the Dynamics of Taste
Identity Trade, The: Selling Privacy and Reputation Online
Visualizing Atrocity: Arendt, Evil, and the Optics of Thoughtlessness
Wife, Inc.: The Business of Marriage in the Twenty-First Century
- Reviews -
With this accessible volume, Catherine Knight Steele has offered readers a compelling explanation of Black feminist technoculture. Black women have long been at the forefront of technological advances, creation and dialogue; Steele skillfully traces their influence into the present and future. * Ms. Magazine * This book is a must-read in a time when we need to redouble our commitments to social justice. Catherine Knight Steele helps us understand and celebrate the powerful work that Black feminists do to make the world a better place. * Safiya Umoja Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism * Critically engages the digital possibilities of contemporary Black feminist thought and, in doing so, charts important new directions for Black feminism and technoculture. Steele argues that Black women' s creation of Digital Black Feminism reflects a sophisticated digital praxis that builds upon yet stands apart from historical traditions of Black feminist thought and hip hop feminism. A must-read book for understanding the possibilities and limitations of digital spaces for social justice projects. * Patricia Hill Collins, author of Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness and the Politics of Empowerment *
- Author Bio -
Catherine Knight Steele is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Maryland, College Park, with affiliate appointments in the American Studies department, the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, and the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
- Full Details -
Status: | Active |
ISBN-13: | 9781479808380 |
Published: | 5 Oct 2021 |
Published In: | United States |
Imprint: | New York University Press |
Publisher: | New York University Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Height: | 229mm |
Width: | 152mm |
Pages: | 208 |
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