Politics of Rightful Killing

Politics of Rightful Killing

Civil Society, Gender, and Sexuality in Weblogistan

  • Auteur: Shakhsari, Sima
  • Éditeur: Duke University Press
  • ISBN: 9781478005964
  • eISBN Pdf: 9781478007333
  • Lieu de publication:  Durham , United States
  • Année de publication électronique: 2020
  • Mois : Janvier
  • Pages: 312
  • Langue: Anglais
In the early 2000s, mainstream international news outlets celebrated the growth of Weblogistan—the online and real-life transnational network of Iranian bloggers—and depicted it as a liberatory site that gave voice to Iranians. As Sima Shakhsari argues in Politics of Rightful Killing, the common assumptions of Weblogistan as a site of civil society consensus and resistance to state oppression belie its deep internal conflicts. While Weblogistan was an effective venue for some Iranians to “practice democracy,” it served as a valuable site for the United States to surveil bloggers and express anti-Iranian sentiment and policies. At the same time, bloggers used the network to self-police and enforce gender and sexuality norms based on Western liberal values in ways that unwittingly undermined Weblogistan's claims of democratic participation. In this way, Weblogistan became a site of cybergovernmentality, where biopolitical security regimes disciplined and regulated populations. Analyzing online and off-line ethnography, Shakhsari provides an account of digital citizenship that raises questions about the internet's relationship to political engagement, militarism, and democracy.
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Weblogistan and the Iranian Diaspora: Nation and Its Re-territorializations in Cyberspace
  • Chapter 2. Civil Society (jaame’e-ye madani), Soccer, and Gendered Politicsin Weblogistan: The 2005 Presidential Election
  • Chapter 3. Whores, Homos, and Feminists: Weblogistan’s Anti-modern Others
  • Chapter 4. Weblogistan and Its Homosexual Problem
  • Chapter 5. The War Machine, Neoliberal Homo OEconomicus, and the Experts
  • Coda. Revolutionary Ends: Weblogistan’s Afterlife
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
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