Disciplining Identities: Feminism, New Media, and 21st Century Research Practices
Lamanna, Carrie A.
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Description
Title
Disciplining Identities: Feminism, New Media, and 21st Century Research Practices
Author(s)
Lamanna, Carrie A.
Issue Date
2008
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Hawisher, Gail E.
Department of Study
English
Discipline
English
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Women's Studies
Language
eng
Abstract
Chapter one grounds the ethnographic methods in feminist theory and claims that the future of feminist work in writing studies must explore new media as a research method. The majority of the chapter examines the connections such work can make with feminist film studies and feminist ethnography, and provides a brief history of feminist work in composition. The chapter then draws on this information to form the project's methodological and theoretical framework. Chapter two details the various methods and methodologies used to analyze the interview data and to compose the digital text, and ends by proposing a feminist new media research practice that allows for a recursive composing and reading practice for researchers, participants, and audiences. The final chapter uses the interview data to draw conclusions about women's current place in the field of computers and composition. The chapter ends with a call for increased emphasis on the feminist ethics that formed the foundation of computers and writing: valuing a multiplicity of voices and points-of-view; non-hierarchical mentoring practices; and, experimentation with new textual forms and research practices.
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