Producing women : the Internet, traditional femininity, queerness, and creativity / Michele White.
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2015Description: 234 pages illContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138776784; 9781138776791Subject(s): Kvinnorollen | Kvinnor och massmedia | Feministisk teori | Kvinnor och internet | Femininity | Handicraft | Home economics | Feminism | Internet and women | Mass media and women | Feminist theory | Women -- Identity | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies | Feminist theory | Internet and women | Mass media and women | Sex role | FemininityDDC classification: 305.4 LOC classification: HQ1154Other classification: Ohja Summary: "Producing Women examines the ways femininity is produced through new media. Michele White considers how women are constructed, produce themselves as subjects, form vital production cultures on sites like Etsy, and deploy technological processes to reshape their identities and digital characteristics. She studies the means through which women market traditional female roles, are viewed, and produce and restructure their gendered, raced, eroticized, and sexual identities. Incorporating a range of examples across numerous forms of mediaSummary: "Producing Women examines the ways femininity is produced through new media. Michele White considers how women are constructed, produce themselves as subjects, form vital production cultures on sites like Etsy, and deploy technological processes to reshape their digital characteristics. She studies the means through which women market traditional female roles, are viewed, and produce and restructure their gendered, raced, eroticized, and sexual identities. Incorporating a range of examples across numerous forms of media--including trash the dress wedding photography, how-to instructions about zombie walk brides, nail polish blogging, DIY crafting, and reborn doll production--Producing Women elucidates women's production cultures online, and the ways that individuals can critically study and engage with these practices"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Producing Women examines the ways femininity is produced through new media. Michele White considers how women are constructed, produce themselves as subjects, form vital production cultures on sites like Etsy, and deploy technological processes to reshape their identities and digital characteristics. She studies the means through which women market traditional female roles, are viewed, and produce and restructure their gendered, raced, eroticized, and sexual identities. Incorporating a range of examples across numerous forms of media
"Producing Women examines the ways femininity is produced through new media. Michele White considers how women are constructed, produce themselves as subjects, form vital production cultures on sites like Etsy, and deploy technological processes to reshape their digital characteristics. She studies the means through which women market traditional female roles, are viewed, and produce and restructure their gendered, raced, eroticized, and sexual identities. Incorporating a range of examples across numerous forms of media--including trash the dress wedding photography, how-to instructions about zombie walk brides, nail polish blogging, DIY crafting, and reborn doll production--Producing Women elucidates women's production cultures online, and the ways that individuals can critically study and engage with these practices"-- Provided by publisher.
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