Digital Culture Unplugged Probing The Native Cyborgs Multiple Locations Nalini Rajan by Nalini Rajan 9781138380240, 9780415445450, 0415445450, 1138380245 instant download after payment.

Every realm of human experience — from religion to theatre, education to social movements — is re-inflected and reconfigured digitally, raising profound philosophical, ethical, political and cultural dilemmas and questions. This edited volume is an exploration of the many different ways in which contemporary society negotiates digital technologies and media in South Asia. From Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s 19th-century Frankenstein figure to Donna Flaraway’s feminist cyborg manifesto in the mid-1980s, humanity has traversed a long way in coming to terms with its Luddite anxieties. The book rests primarily on the notion that while we cannot deny the ubiquity of digital technology and media in our everyday life, neither technophilia nor technophobia need be the order of the cyber age. It attempts to chart this newly emerging terrain through myriad voices that represent a diverse blend of theoretical positions and practical domains. It focuses on cyber- religion, the notion of self-formation and digital technology, urban cybercultural phenomenon, digital era in cinema and photography which represent an eclectic mix of theoretical positions and practical domains. This book will be of particular interest to those in social communication, e-communication, theology, journalism, culture and film studies, apart from the general reader.