TY - BOOK ID - 79349636 TI - Awkward politics : technologies of popfeminist activism AU - Smith-Prei, Carrie AU - Stehle, Maria PY - 2016 SN - 9780773547476 9780773547469 9780773598966 9780773598973 0773598979 0773598960 9780773598980 0773598987 0773547460 0773547479 9780773598997 0773598995 9780773547247 077354724X 9780773547230 0773547231 PB - Montreal, Que. McGill-Queen's University Press DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - Political sociology KW - Community organization KW - Feminism KW - Technology KW - FeĢminisme KW - Technologie KW - Emancipation of women KW - Feminist movement KW - Women KW - Women's lib KW - Women's liberation KW - Women's liberation movement KW - Women's movement KW - Social movements KW - Anti-feminism KW - Political aspects. KW - Social aspects. KW - Aspect politique. KW - Aspect social. KW - Emancipation KW - Science and state KW - Science and industry KW - Technology and state KW - Technological innovations KW - Politique scientifique et technique KW - Sciences et industrie KW - Innovations KW - Breakthroughs, Technological KW - Innovations, Industrial KW - Innovations, Technological KW - Technical innovations KW - Technological breakthroughs KW - Technological change KW - Creative ability in technology KW - Inventions KW - Domestication of technology KW - Innovation relay centers KW - Research, Industrial KW - Technology transfer KW - State and technology KW - Endowment of research KW - Industry and science KW - Industries KW - Science KW - Science policy KW - State and science KW - State, The KW - History KW - Government policy KW - Histoire KW - Politique gouvernementale UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79349636 AB - "Awkward Politics presents a new theoretical and methodological framework for examining popfeminist work. The authors work to explore how contemporary popfeminism attempts to better connect with the recipient and reflect unstable political climates, particularly focusing on the German cultural context. Looking at many examples from today's pop culture all over the world, Smith-Prei and Stehle suggest that awkwardness within feminist activism is often the product of unclear political positioning, further enabled by both the performative aspects of activism and the digital medium through which it is primarily dispersed. This work examines the intersections of technology, consumerism, and the political in popfeminist work. In a nutshell, Awkward Politics argues that transnational digital technologies have increased the impact of feminist activism but that these new media have complicated audience's ability to engage with feminist actions. To quote the author: "While digital technology's transnational reach and temporal immediacy has broadened the potential impact of feminist activism, it has also complicated the materiality of feminist work as well as muddied the line between engagement with and consumption of activist actions. Our book harnesses this confusion in an exploration of awkwardness as a theoretical tool for intervention. We suggest that awkwardness is a political emotion that offers a way of engaging with the transnational circulation of feminist activism today that accounts for and harnesses the messy conveyance of meaning as the digital meets the material (...) We suggest that theorizing the awkward can get at the complicated meanings and unstable positions of the political in popfeminist work." The book aims to highlight the urgency of feminist political issues and activism and begins with a brief historical overview before delving into topical discussion of recent movements (Riot Grrl, Pussy Riot, Flash mobs, One Billion Rising, Slut Walks) and analysis of popfeminist activism in a digital era."-- ER -