Performing atheist selves in digital publics: U.S. women and non-religious identity online
"This book considers how the non-religious self is performed publicly online, and how digital culture and technology shapes this process. Building on a YouTube case study with women vloggers, it presents unique empirical data on non-organized atheism in the United States. Lundmark suggests that...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Routledge
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Routledge studies in religion and digital culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Identity
/ Atheism
/ Woman
/ Online media
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Online identities (United States)
B Vloggers (United States) B Atheists (United States) B Atheism United States |
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "This book considers how the non-religious self is performed publicly online, and how digital culture and technology shapes this process. Building on a YouTube case study with women vloggers, it presents unique empirical data on non-organized atheism in the United States. Lundmark suggests that the atheist self as performed online exists in tension between a perception of atheism as sinful and amoral in relation to hegemonical Christianity in the U.S., and the hyperrational, male-centered discourse that has characterized the atheist movement. She argues that women atheist vloggers co-effect third spaces of emotive resonance that enable a precarious counterpublicness of performing atheist visibility. The volume offers a valuable contribution to the discussion of how the public, the private, and areas in-between are understood within digital religion, and opens up new space for engaging with the increased visibility of atheist identity in a mediatized society"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xi, 178 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 1032021675 |