Beschreibung:
Virtual Ethnicity is a fascinating interdisciplinary examination of the web-participation of ethnic communities, which sheds light on how ethnic identities are articulated in cyberspace and contemporary society.
Contents: Introduction; 'Not Everything in Black and White Makes Sense': differing definitions of difference; 'Its All There in Black and White': media studies and the theorising of race and ethnicity on the world wide web; Tactics and technologies of resistance: the web as minority medium; The Matrix: the complexities of the empirical research and its interdisciplinary methodologies; A computer in the home or a bug in the house? Ethnic minority women's consumption of information technology in the domestic sphere; Continuing the tradition: translating the web through previous media; Reconfiguring ethnicity: the web as technology of self-representation; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.