Chinese Women and the Cyberspace

This volume examines how Chinese women negotiate the Internet as a research tool and a strategy for the acquisition of information, as well as for social networking purposes. Offering insight into the complicated creation of a female Chinese cybercommunity, Chinese Women and the Cyberspace discusses...

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Other Authors: Kuah-Pearce, Khun Eng (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2008
Series:ICAS Publications Series
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Summary:This volume examines how Chinese women negotiate the Internet as a research tool and a strategy for the acquisition of information, as well as for social networking purposes. Offering insight into the complicated creation of a female Chinese cybercommunity, Chinese Women and the Cyberspace discusses the impact of increasingly available Internet technology on the life and lifestyle of Chinese women-examining larger issues of how women become both masters of their electronic domain and the objects of exploitation in a faceless online world. University of Hong Kong. This title is available in the OAPEN Library - http://www.oapen.org.
ISBN:j.ctt46mvqc
9789048501403
9789053567517
Access:Open Access