Politics of Rightful Killing - Civil Society, Gender, and Sexuality in Weblogistan

Sima Shakhsari is Assistant Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota.

List of contents

Acknowledgments  vii
Prologue  xiii
Introduction  1
1. Weblogistan and the Iranian Diaspora: Nation and Its Re-territorializations in Cyberspace  32
2. Civil Society (jaame'e-ye madani), Soccer, and Gendered Politics in Weblogistan: The 2005 Presidential Election  72
3. Whores, Homos, and Feminists: Weblogistan's Anti-modern Others  112
4. Weblogistan and Its Homosexual Problem  145
5. The War Machine, Neoliberal Homo Œconomicus, and the Experts 169
Coda. Revolutionary Ends: Weblogistan's Afterlife  195
Appendix  207
Notes  209
Works Cited  257
Index  277

About the author

Sima Shakhsari is Assistant Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Summary

Sima Shakhsari analyzes the growth of Weblogistan—the online and real-life transnational network of Iranian bloggers in the early 2000s—and the ways in which despite being an effective venue for Iranians to pursue their political agendas, it was the site for surveillance, cooptation, and self-governance.

Product details

• Authors: Sima Shakhsari
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781478005964
• ISBN: 978-1-4780-0596-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Iran, Geschichte des Nahen und Mittleren Ostens, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Gender Studies: Gruppen