Bodies of Information
Intersectional Feminism and Digital Humanities
Elizabeth Losh and Jacqueline Wernimont, Editors
MANIFOLD OPEN ACCESS EDITION
A wide-ranging, interconnected anthology presents a diversity of feminist contributions to digital humanities
Can the digital humanities complicate the basic assumptions of tech culture, or will this body of scholarship and practices simply reinforce preexisting biases? Bodies of Information addresses this question by assembling a varied group of leading voices, showcasing feminist contributions to topics including ubiquitous computing, game studies, new materialisms, and cultural phenomena like hashtag activism, hacktivism, and campaigns against online misogyny.
"Created to lend itself to classroom settings, this volume enables readers to learn about the nature and development of the digital humanities, especially how intersectional and feminist work has shaped and is shaping it." —LSE Review of Books
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Film and Media, Cultural Criticism, MLA Gender and Sexuality, MLA Debates in the Digital Humanities Series, 2019 Cultural Studies/Art/Media catalog, 2018 Social Sciences catalog, ASA 2021, AAA gender and sexuality, SHOT Media, SCMS digital culture, AAA philosophy and theory, AAA media, MLA Theory, AAA 2020, 2019 Geography catalog, CAA theory, MLA Digital Culture, MLA Literary Criticism, MLA 2021, CAA 2021, 2018 American Studies catalog, 2018 Fall, SCMS 2021, 2020 SHOT
In recent years, the digital humanities has been shaken by important debates about inclusivity and scope—but what change will these conversations ultimately bring about? Can the digital humanities complicate the basic assumptions of tech culture, or will this body of scholarship and practices simply reinforce preexisting biases? Bodies of Information addresses this crucial question by assembling a varied group of leading voices, showcasing feminist contributions to a panoply of topics, including ubiquitous computing, game studies, new materialisms, and cultural phenomena like hashtag activism, hacktivism, and campaigns against online misogyny.
$35.00 paper ISBN 978-1-5179-0611-5
$140.00 cloth ISBN 978-1-5179-0610-8
544 pages, 40 b&w photos, 2 tables, 7 x 10
Elizabeth Losh is associate professor of English and American studies at The College of William & Mary with a specialization in new media ecologies. She is author of Virtualpolitik and The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University and coauthor of Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing.
Created to lend itself to classroom settings, this volume enables readers to learn about the nature and development of the digital humanities, especially how intersectional and feminist work has shaped and is shaping it.
LSE Review of Books