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GalleryBook Review: Bodies of Information: Intersectional Feminism and Digital Humanities edited by Elizabeth Losh and Jacqueline Wernimont
In Bodies of Information: Intersectional Feminism and Digital Humanities, editors Elizabeth Losh and Jacqueline Wernimont assemble a collection of key contributions […]
GalleryBook Review: Re-Engineering Humanity by Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger
In Re-Engineering Humanity, Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger explore how the rise of new technologies and datafication grounded in machinic rationality […]
GalleryBook Review: The Psychology of Fashion by Carolyn Mair
In The Psychology of Fashion, Carolyn Mair brings a psychological approach to understanding current significant issues within fashion studies, […]
GalleryBook Review: Performing Trauma in Central Africa: Shadows of Empire by Laura Edmondson
There is a long history of cultural production in response to violent conflict, and more recently its manipulation by […]
GalleryBook Review: How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist Ideology in the Disney Comic by Ariel Dorfman and Armand Mattelart
Originally published in 1971 in Chile to intense opposition from the right-wing media, in How to Read Donald Duck: Imperialist […]
GalleryBook Review: The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America by Margaret O’Mara
In The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America, Margaret O’Mara provides a new account of the region’s evolution that […]
GalleryBook Review: Theory for the World to Come: Speculative Fiction and Apocalyptic Anthropology by Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer
In Theory for the World to Come: Speculative Fiction and Apocalyptic Anthropology, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer argues that speculative fiction offers a rich […]
GalleryBook Review: Respawn: Gamers, Hackers and Technogenic Life by Colin Milburn
In Respawn: Gamers, Hackers and Technogenic Life, Colin Milburn offers a detailed analysis of the entanglements of game cultures, political activism […]
GalleryBook Review: A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy by Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum
In A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy, Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum […]
GalleryBook Review: Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble
In Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, Safiya Umoja Noble draws on her research into algorithms and bias […]
GalleryBook Review: Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance by Amber Jamilla Musser
In Sensual Excess: Queer Femininity and Brown Jouissance, Amber Jamilla Musser confronts the tensions that arise in producing knowledge […]
GalleryBook Review: Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora by Gayatri Gopinath
In Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora, Gayatri Gopinath offers an interwoven exploration of diaspora, visuality and queer studies, […]
GalleryBook Review: Boys’ Love, Cosplay and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan edited by Maud Lavin, Ling Yang and Jing Jamie Zhao
In Boys’ Love, Cosplay and Androgynous Idols: Queer Fan Cultures in Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, editors Maud […]
GalleryBook Review: Hacking Life: Systematized Living and its Discontents by Joseph M. Reagle, Jr.
In Hacking Life: Systematized Living and its Discontents, Joseph M. Reagle, Jr. explores the cultural trend of life hacking in its […]
GalleryBook Review: Heading Home: Motherhood, Work and the Failed Promise of Equality by Shani Orgad
In Heading Home: Motherhood, Work and the Failed Promise of Equality, Shani Orgad draws on interviews with educated, London-based women to […]
