Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Nation As Network: Diaspora, Cyberspace, And CitizenshipISBN13:9780226144818ISBN10:022614481XAuthor:Bernal, Victoria (Author)Description:How Is The Internet Transforming The Relationships Between Citizens And States? What Happens To Politics When International Migration Is Coupled With Digital Media, Making It Easy For People To Be Politically Active In A Nation From Outside Its Borders? In Nation As Network, Victoria Bernal Creatively Combines Media Studies, Ethnography, And African Studies To Explore This New Political Paradigm Through A Striking Analysis Of How Eritreans In Diaspora Have Used The Internet To Shape The Course Of Eritrean History Bernal Argues That Benedict Anderson's Famous Concept Of Nations As Imagined Communities Must Now Be Rethought Because Diasporas And Information Technologies Have Transformed The Ways Nations Are Sustained And Challenged She Traces The Development Of Eritrean Diaspora Websites Over Two Turbulent Decades That Saw The Eritrean State Grow Ever More Tyrannical Through Eritreans' Own Words In Posts And Debates, She Reveals How New Subjectivities Are Formed And Political Action Is Galvanized Online She Suggests That Infopolitics--Struggles Over The Management Of Information--Make Politics In The 21St Century Distinct, And She Analyzes The Innovative Ways Eritreans Deploy The Internet To Support And Subvert State Power Nation As Network Is A Unique And Compelling Work That Advances Our Understanding Of The Political Significance Of Digital Media Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:University of Chicago PressPublication Date:2014-08-19Weight:0.7 lbsDimensions:0.6'' H x 8.9'' L x 5.9'' WNumber of Pages:208Language:English
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Book Title: Nation As Network: Diaspora, Cyberspace, And Citizenship
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Victoria Bernal
Publication Name: Nation As Network : Diaspora, Cyberspace, and Citizenship
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2014
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 10.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
