***apologies for cross posting*** Dear all, Here's some shameless self-promotion for a new volume on digital media, gender and politics of location: CYBERFEMINISM IN NORTHERN LIGHTS: Digital Media and Gender in a Nordic Context edited by Malin Sveningsson Elm and Jenny Sundén What does it mean to study supposedly global media phenomena from a Nordic perspective? What would be particular and unique about Nordic cyberfeminism - compared to the “unmarked” version dominating the field today? Cyberfeminism in Northern Lights pushes the boundaries of contemporary cyberfeminism. Against the background of an expanding body of research in the field of digital media and gender - which to this date has primarily been carried out from an Anglo-American perspective - the book argues that feminist studies of digital media need to become more inclusive and aware of their own geographical and cultural biases and limits. The book is a step in this direction, focusing on the knowledge and experiences from the Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction, Jenny Sundén & Malin Sveningsson Elm Digital Media and Gender in a Nordic Context Part I: Sexualities, Bodies, and Desire Chapter One, Jenny Sundén On Cyberfeminist Intersectionality Chapter Two, Susanna Paasonen Online Pornography, Normativity and the Nordic Context Chapter Three, Janne C.H. Bromseth Nordic Feminism in a Cyberlight? Part II: Gender Identities, Performance, and Presentations of Self Chapter Four, Malin Sveningsson Elm Doing and Undoing Gender in a Swedish Internet Community Chapter Five, Charlotte Kroløkke Performing and Positioning PowerBabes Chapter Six, Cecilia Åsberg and Bodil Axelsson Digital Performances of Gendered Pasts Part III: Gendered Computing and Computer Use Chapter Seven, AnnBritt Enochsson Differences and Similarities in Girls’ and Boys’ Internet Use Chapter Eight, Hilde Corneliussen Cultural Appropriation of Computers in Norway 1980-2000 Chapter Nine, Gudbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir and Lára Rún Sigurvinsdóttir Surveillance Technology, Work and Gender Chapter Ten, Fatima Jonsson The Absence of Hackerettes in the Culture of Programming Closing Essay, Anne Scott Sørensen Digital Media and Cyberculture: A Feminist and Nordic Approach ABOUT THE EDITORS: Malin Sveningsson Elm is Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Communication Studies at Karlstad University, Sweden. She is the author of Creating a Sense of Community: Experiences from a Swedish Web Chat, and co-author of Digital Borderlands: Cultural Studies of Identity and Interactivity on the Internet. Jenny Sundén is Assistant Professor in Media Technology at the School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm. She is the author of Material Virtualities: Approaching Online Textual Embodiment, and co-author of Digital Borderlands: Cultural Studies of Identity and Interactivity on the Internet. ORDER FROM: www.amazon.co.uk www.amazon.com Hardback (295pp), UK: £34.99, US: $69.99 Malin Sveningsson Elm, PhD Media & Communication Faculty of Economic Science, Communication and IT Karlstad University SWEDEN email: malin.sveningsson@kau.se phone +46 (0)54 700 18 33 (office) +46 (0)70 244 38 90 (mobile)