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In her new book Gajjala examines online community formations and subjectivities that are produced at the intersection of technologies and globalization. She describes the process of designing and building cyberfeminist webs for South Asian women's communities, the generation of feminist cyber(auto)ethnographies, and offers a third-world critique of cyberfeminism. She ultimately views virtual communities as imbedded in real life communities and contexts, with human costs. The online discussions are visible, textual records of the discourses that circulate within real life communities. Her methodology involves a form of 'cyberethnography,' which explores the dialogic and disruptive possibilities of the virtual medium and of hypertext. Gajjala's work addresses the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of the Internet communication explosion. This book will be a valuable reference for those with an interest in cultural studies, feminist studies, and new technologies. Radhika Gajjala Examines Online Community Formations & Subjectivities That Are Produced At The Intersection Of Technologies & Globalization. She Concludes That Virtual Communities Are Embedded In Real Life Communities & Contexts, With Human Costs. Part One. Cyborg-diaspora To The Sawnet Refusal. Chapter One. Imagining Virtual Community And Dialogic Encounters -- Chapter Two. The Sawnet Refusal -- Chapter Three. Feminist Ethnography, Feminist Media Studies, And Internet Research. Part Two. Building (south Asian0 Cyberfeminist Webs? Chapter Four. Interrogating Identities: Composing Other Cyberspaces -- Chapter Five. Building Cyberfeminist Webs. Part Three. Cyberfeminism And The Third-world Dialogues. Chapter Six. Cyberfeminism, Technology, And International Development / Radhika Gajjala And Annapurna Mamidipudi -- Chapter Seven. Carving Disappearing Analogue/digital Selves / Radhika Gajjala And Annapurna Mamidipudi -- Epilogue: I Want To Curl Up And Deny You. Radhika Gajjala. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 133-146) And Index. Dedication 6 Contents 8 Acknowledgments 10 Prologue: I Refuse to Be Read 16 Introduction 20 PART ONE: CYBORG-DIASPORA TO THE SAWNET REFUSAL 28 1 Imagining Virtual Community and Dialogic Encounters 30 2 The SAWnet Refusal 38 3 Feminist Ethnography, Feminist Media Studies, and Internet Research 48 PART TWO: BUILDING (SOUTH ASIAN) CYBERFEMINIST WEBS? 62 4 Interrogating Identities: Composing Other Cyberspaces 64 5 Building Cyberfeminist Webs 86 PART THREE: CYBERFEMINISM AND THE “THIRD-WORLD” DIALOGUES 98 6 Cyberfeminism, Technology, and International “Development” • Radhika Gajjala and Annapurna Mamidipudi 100 7 Carving Disappearing Analogue/Digital “Selves” • Radhika Gajjala and Annapurna Mamidipudi 114 Epilogue: I Want to Curl up and DenyYou 146 References 152 Index 166 About the Author 170 Gajjala examines online community formations and subjectivities that are produced at the intersection of technologies and globalization. She describes the process of designing and building cyberfeminist webs for South Asian women's communities, the generation of feminist cyber(auto)ethnographies, and offers a third-world critique of cyberfeminism. She ultimately views virtual communities as imbedded in real life communities and contexts, with human costs. The online discussions are visible, textual records of the discourses that circulate within real life communities. Her methodology involves a form of "cyberethnography," which explores the dialogic and disruptive possibilities of the virtual medium and of hypertext. [from publisher's advertisement]