Hi Mary: For a different approach to conceptualizing public (private) space, you may wish to look at Foucault's notion of the heterotopia as well as Hetherington's book length treatment from a historical (genealogical) perspective : Foucault, M. (1986). Of other spaces. diacritics, 16(1), 22-27. Hetherington, K. (1997). The badlands of modernity: Heterotopia and social ordering. New York: Routledge. good luck dissertating! Rhiannon Bury, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 Canada rbury@wlu.ca Mary L. Gray wrote:

Hello all : )

I'm working on a chapter right now that looks at personal websites and blogs crafted by rural LGBT youth as "alternative public spheres" or counterpublics. I'm mostly relying on theorists dealing with the creation and meaning of public spheres (Habermas, Fraser, Warner), but I'd love to hear of other folks know of solid work out there specifically dealing with the Net as public space?

And extra points if anyone has suggestions for readings on commercializing of privatizing of public space vis-à-vis Walmart : )

All the best, Dissertating Mary ________________________________ Mary L. Gray <mlgray@ucsd.edu> Department of Communication University of California, San Diego vox: 502/451.5003 mail: PO Box 4004, Louisville, KY 40204 http://weber.ucsd.edu/~mgray

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