{"product_id":"nation-as-network-diaspora-cyberspace-and-citizenship-paperback","title":"Nation as Network: Diaspora, Cyberspace, and Citizenship - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Bernal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow is the internet transforming the relationships between citizens and states? What happens to politics when international migration is coupled with digital media, making it easy for people to be politically active in a nation from outside its borders? In \u003ci\u003eNation as Network\u003c\/i\u003e, Victoria Bernal creatively combines media studies, ethnography, and African studies to explore this new political paradigm through a striking analysis of how Eritreans in diaspora have used the internet to shape the course of Eritrean history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bernal argues that Benedict Anderson's famous concept of nations as \"imagined communities\" must now be rethought because diasporas and information technologies have transformed the ways nations are sustained and challenged. She traces the development of Eritrean diaspora websites over two turbulent decades that saw the Eritrean state grow ever more tyrannical. Through Eritreans' own words in posts and debates, she reveals how new subjectivities are formed and political action is galvanized online. She suggests that \"infopolitics\"-struggles over the management of information-make politics in the 21st century distinct, and she analyzes the innovative ways Eritreans deploy the internet to support and subvert state power. \u003ci\u003eNation as Network\u003c\/i\u003e is a unique and compelling work that advances our understanding of the political significance of digital media. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictoria Bernal\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of anthropology at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of \u003ci\u003eCultivating Workers: Peasants and Capitalism in a Sudanese Village\u003c\/i\u003e, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eTheorizing NGOs: States, Feminisms, and Neoliberalism; \u003c\/i\u003eand editor of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Cultures, Global Connections: Anthropology for the 21st Century\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52702372528435,"sku":"9780226144818","price":59.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Yi81QWxXQWwxOTBqREt1MDdCU3IyZz09.webp?v=1763305139","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/nation-as-network-diaspora-cyberspace-and-citizenship-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}