{"product_id":"politics-of-rightful-killing-civil-society-gender-and-sexuality-in-weblogistan-9781478006657","title":"Politics of Rightful Killing: Civil Society, Gender, and Sexuality in Weblogistan","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sima Shakhsari\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Media Studies\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 \u003ci\u003ePolitics of Rightful Killing\u003c\/i\u003e, 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":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46456097734807,"sku":"9781478006657","price":3073.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781478006657.webp?v=1769177501","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/politics-of-rightful-killing-civil-society-gender-and-sexuality-in-weblogistan-9781478006657","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}