{"product_id":"politics-of-rightful-killing-civil-society-gender-and-sexuality-in-weblogistan-147800665x","title":"Politics of Rightful Killing: Civil Society, Gender, and Sexuality in Weblogistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 147800665X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Shakhsari, Sima\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the early 2000s, mainstream international news outlets celebrated the growth of Weblogistan-the online and real-life transnational network of Iranian bloggers-and depicted it as a liberatory site that gave voice to Iranians. As Sima Shakhsari argues in Politics of Rightful Killing, the common assumptions of Weblogistan as a site of civil society consensus and resistance to state oppression belie its deep internal conflicts. While Weblogistan was an effective venue for some Iranians to practice democracy, it served as a valuable site for the United States to surveil bloggers and express anti-Iranian sentiment and policies. At the same time, bloggers used the network to self-police and enforce gender and sexuality norms based on Western liberal values in ways that unwittingly undermined Weblogistan's claims of democratic participation. In this way, Weblogistan became a site of cybergovernmentality, where biopolitical security regimes disciplined and regulated populations. Analyzing online and off-line ethnography, Shakhsari provides an account of digital citizenship that raises questions about the internet's relationship to political engagement, militarism, and democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52109253968160,"sku":"NEW147800665X","price":33.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91bz06uwB_L._SL1200_QL70.jpg?v=1785991220","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/politics-of-rightful-killing-civil-society-gender-and-sexuality-in-weblogistan-147800665x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}