(Un)Gendered Experiences in the Virtual Space
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(Un)Gendered Experiences in the Virtual Space

Continuities between the Physical and Digital

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(Un)Gendered Experiences in the Virtual Space

Continuities between the Physical and Digital

About this book

This book critically examines the ever-evolving relationship between gender, identity and technology, investigating how identity is shaped, expressed, and contested within virtual environments.

It brings together empirical essays from various geographies including Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Brazil, and India, to explore how gender constructs, religiosity, social support structures, ethical discourses, biases and toxicity weave into the digital fabric. While the digital space can build community and open up liberating possibilities, it also retains echoes of real-world social and gender dynamics. The absence of the physical body does not shield virtual spaces from deeply entrenched socio-cultural and political contexts. Through an exploration of different virtual platforms and digital apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, and Tinder among others, the book invites readers to contemplate the boundless possibilities and pressing challenges that arise when gendered experiences converge with the infinite expanse of the virtual space(s). The chapters in this volume offer great analytical insights into these dynamics supported by well-surmised theoretical and methodological backdrops.

The book will be of interest to practitioners of social sciences, especially those interested in issues of gender and identity politics as well as research in the digital or virtual space. It will also be a valuable resource for students and researchers of anthropology and sociology.

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Yes, you can access (Un)Gendered Experiences in the Virtual Space by Indrani Mukherjee,Subhadra Mitra Channa in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Anthropology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge India
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9781040430668
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of figures
  7. List of contributors
  8. Preface
  9. 1 Introduction
  10. 2 Virtual “body” through (un)gendered emojis:)
  11. 3 Fractal rhythms of Tinder, trust, and gendered relationships in Cape Town, South Africa
  12. 4 An ethnography of mobility in a dating homo-affective app: the prominence of re-Westernisation processes
  13. 5 “We share everything here”: femininity and nationality through a WhatsApp group of Jewish women married to Arab-Muslim men
  14. 6 Gated but unbound: ethnographic reflections through a women’s WhatsApp group during COVID-19 and ethical moments of crisis (Gurgaon, India)
  15. 7 When faith meets feminism: progressive evangelical women’s experiences and their activism in the virtual space
  16. 8 Perceptions and categorisations of gender-based online hate speech
  17. 9 Misogyny and gender censorship in the digital age
  18. Index