| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 253 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Perspectives on a multiracial America series |
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Perspectives on a multiracial America series.
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| Contents |
White supremacy in the digital era -- Theorizing white supremacy online -- Individual acts of white supremacy online -- White supremacist social movements online and in global context -- Gender, white supremacy, and the Internet -- White supremacist discourse : in print and online -- Cyber lies : cloaked websites -- Searching for civil rights, finding white supremacy : adolescents making sense of cloaked websites -- Combating global white supremacy in the digital era -- Conclusion: racial justice and civic engagement in the digital era |
| Summary |
In this exploration of the way racism is translated from the print-only era to the cyber era the author takes the reader through a devastatingly informative tour of white supremacy online. The book examines how white supremacist organizations have translated their printed publications onto the Internet. Included are examples of open as well as "cloaked" sites which disguise white supremacy sources as legitimate civil rights websites. Interviews with a small sample of teenagers as they surf the web, show how they encounter cloaked sites and attempt to make sense of them, mostly unsuccessfully |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
White supremacy movements -- United States.
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Cyberbullying.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Cyberbullying
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White supremacy movements
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008049962 |
| ISBN |
9780742565258 |
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0742565254 |
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0742561577 |
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9780742561571 |
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0742561585 |
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9780742561588 |
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