Feminist and Queer Information Studies Reader (Litwin Books Series on Gender and Sexuality in Informaiton S)

Synopsis

Gathers Existing Research Along With New Scholarship On The Intersection Of Gender And Sexuality And Information Use--provided By Publisher. The Bride Stripped Bare To Her Data : Information Flow + Digibodies / Mary Flanagan -- Essentialism And Care In A Female-intensive Profession / Melodie Fox And Hope Olson -- Reflections On Meaning In Library And Information Studies : A Personal Odyssey Through Information, Sexuality, And Gender / Alvin Schrader -- Feminist Theories Of Technology / Judy Wajcman -- Cyborg Feminism And The Methodology Of The Oppressed / Chela Sandoval -- Developing A Corporeal Cyberfeminism : Beyond Cyberutopia / Jessica Brophy -- Going On-line : Consuming Pornography In The Digital Era / Zabet Patterson -- Avatars And The Visual Culture Of Reproduction On The Web / Lisa Nakamura -- Oh No! I'm A Nerd! : Hegemonic Masculinity On An Online Forum / Lori Kendall -- How We Construct Subjects : A Feminist Analysis / Hope Olson -- Queer Theory And The Creation Of Contextual Subject Access Tools For Gay And Lesbian Communities / D. Grant Campbell --^ Paraphilias : The Perversion Of Meaning In The Library Of Congress Catalog / Melissa Adler --administrating Gender / Dean Spade -- On Torture : Abu Ghraib / Jasbir Puar -- Tacit Subjects / Carlos Ulises Decena -- A Tapestry Of Knowledge : Crafting A New Approach To Information Sharing / Sherilyn M. Williams And Pamela Mckenzie -- Sharing Economies And Value Systems On The Nifty Archive / Mica Ars Hilson --police/archives / Steven Maynard -- The Brandon Archive / Judith Halberstam -- Love And Lubrication In The Archives, Or, Rukus! : A Black Queer Archive For The United Kingdom / Ajamu X, Topher Vampbell, And Mary Stevens -- Welcome Home : An Exploratory Ethnography Of The Information Context At The Lesbian Herstory Archives / Danielle Cooper -- Accessing Transgender, Desiring Queer(er?) Archival Logics / K. J. Rawson -- In The Archive Of Lesbian Feeling : Documentary And Popular Culture / Ann Cvetkovich -- How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Rape Kit / Aliza Shvarts --^ Joe Orton, Kenneth Halliwell, And The Islington Public Library : Defacement, Parody And Mashups / D. Grant Campbell -- Becoming Dragon : A Transversal Technology Study / Micha Cárdenas -- Grids, Gay Bombs, And Viral Aesthetics / Zach Blas. Patrick Keilty And Rebecca Dean, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.