dc.contributor.author | Lewis, Desiree | |
dc.contributor.author | Tigist, Shewarega Hussen | |
dc.contributor.author | van Vuuren, Monique | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-02-12T09:19:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-02-12T09:19:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lewis, D., et al. (2013). Exploring new media technologies among young South African women. Feminist Africa, 18: 43-63 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1726-4596 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/1343 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article reflects on how the use of digitised communication and
social media among young black South African women can be situated and
assessed within the current context. The authors focus especially on nuanced
explorations of “civic participation,” “empowerment” and “identity politics” in
acknowledging the liberatory potential of young women’s use of information
and communication technology (ICTs) and seeking to assess its effects in
realistic ways. We therefore speculate about how the uses of ICTs can both
open up new possibilities for activism and agency and reveal the difficult
formation of what Nancy Fraser has called “subaltern counterpublics” (1992:
109–142) among socially marginalised young women. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town | en_US |
dc.rights | This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 License | |
dc.subject | Social media | en_US |
dc.subject | Women | en_US |
dc.subject | Civic engagement | en_US |
dc.subject | Identity | en_US |
dc.subject | South Africa | en_US |
dc.title | Exploring new media technologies among young South African women | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
dc.description.accreditation | Department of HE and Training approved list | en_US |