Expanding the Gaze : Gender and the Politics of Surveillance

From sexualized selfies and hidden camera documentaries to the bouncers monitoring patrons at Australian nightclubs, the ubiquity of contemporary surveillance goes far beyond the National Security Agency’s bulk data collection or the proliferation of security cameras on every corner. __Expanding the Gaze__ is a collection of important new empirical and theoretical works that demonstrate the significance of the gendered dynamics of surveillance. Bringing together contributors from criminology, sociology, communication studies, and women’s studies, the eleven essays in the volume suggest that we cannot properly understand the implications of the rapid expansion of surveillance practices today without paying close attention to its gendered nature. Together, they constitute a timely interdisciplinary contribution to the development of feminist surveillance studies. Contents Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1.Gendered Visions: Reimagining Surveillance Studies Gender, Media, And Surveillance Chapter 2.Data Doubles And Pure Virtu(E)Ality: Headless Selfies, Scopophilia, And Surveillance Porn Chapter 3. Living In The Mirror: Understanding Young Women’S Experiences With Online Social Networking Chapter 4. Watch Me Speak: Muslim Girls’ Narratives And Postfeminist Pleasures Of Surveillance Chapter 5.Profiling The City: Urban Space And The Serial Killer Film Surveillance And Gendered Embodiment Chapter 6. Race, Media, And Surveillance: Sex-Selective Abortions In Canada Chapter 7. Gendering The Hiv “Treatment As Prevention” Paradigm: Surveillance, Viral Loads, And Risky Bodies Chapter 8. Under The Ban-Optic Gaze: Chelsea Manning And The State’S Surveillance Of Transgender Bodies Surveillance and the Gendering of Urban Space Chapter 9. The Spectacle Of Public Sex(Uality): Media And State Surveillance Of Gay Men In Toronto In The 1970S Chapter 10. The Surveillance Web: Surveillance, Risk, And Resistance In Ontario Strip Clubs Chapter 11. Gendering Security: Violence And Risk In Australia’S Night-Time Economies Contributors Index

From sexualized selfies and hidden camera documentaries to the bouncers monitoring patrons at Australian nightclubs, the ubiquity of contemporary surveillance goes far beyond the National Security Agency’s bulk data collection or the proliferation of security cameras on every corner.

Expanding the Gaze is a collection of important new empirical and theoretical works that demonstrate the significance of the gendered dynamics of surveillance. Bringing together contributors from criminology, sociology, communication studies, and women’s studies, the eleven essays in the volume suggest that we cannot properly understand the implications of the rapid expansion of surveillance practices today without paying close attention to its gendered nature. Together, they constitute a timely interdisciplinary contribution to the development of feminist surveillance studies.

"From sexualized selfies and hidden camera documentaries to the bouncers monitoring patrons at Australian nightclubs, the ubiquity of contemporary surveillance goes far beyond the National Security Agency's bulk data collection or the proliferation of security cameras on every corner. Expanding the Gaze is a collection of important new empirical and theoretical works that demonstrate the significance of the gendered dynamics of surveillance. Bringing together contributors from criminology, sociology, communication studies, and women's studies, the eleven essays in the volume suggest that we cannot properly understand the implications of the rapid expansion of surveillance practices today without paying close attention to its gendered nature. Together, they constitute a timely interdisciplinary contribution to the development of feminist surveillance studies."-- Provided by publisher "From sexualized selfies and hidden camera documentaries to the bouncers monitoring patrons at Australian nightclubs, the ubiquity of contemporary surveillance goes far beyond the National Security Agency's bulk data collection or the proliferation of security cameras on every corner. Expanding the Gaze is a collection of important new empirical and theoretical works that demonstrate the significance of the gendered dynamics of surveillance. Bringing together contributors from criminology, sociology, communication studies, and women's studies, the eleven essays in the volume suggest that we cannot properly understand the implications of the rapid expansion of surveillance practices today without paying close attention to its gendered nature. Together, they constitute a timely interdisciplinary contribution to the development of feminist surveillance studies."-- Résumé de l'éditeur