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The Mirror and the Veil.
An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs.
SERFATY, Viviane
Amsterdam/New York, NY, 2004, X, 144 pp.
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Amsterdam Monographs in American Studies 11
"It is competently edited, well written and insightful…"
Atlantis, Vol.27, No.1, June 2005
“…an important contribution to current research…”
The European English Messenger, Vol.14.1, 2005, pp.84-5
“…a persuasive attempt to integrate online autobiographical texts into mainstream academic research …. it is to be hoped that future scholars will continue the fascinating work begun here.”
American Studies, Vol. 39, 2005
“…an essential text for researchers of blogs, online diaries and communities, and representations of the body and identity online.” Laurie N. Taylor Nov 2006
“…an excellent addition to the library of blog researchers…” Sarah Michele Ford
“As long as online diaries and blogs continue to be a major presence in the digital mediascape, The Mirror and the Veil will prove a useful starting point in exploring and understanding them.” Tama Leaver
RCCS, Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies, November 2006
http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp
The Mirror and the Veil offers a unique perspective on the phenomenon of online personal diaries and blogs. Blending insights from literary criticism, from psychoanalytical theory and from social sciences, Viviane Serfaty identifies the historical roots of self-representational writing in America and studies the original features it has developed on the Internet. She perceptively analyzes the motivations of bloggers and the repercussions their writings may have on themselves and on American society at large. This book will be of interest to specialists in American Studies, to students in literature, communication, psychology and sociology, as well as to anyone endeavoring to understand the new set of practises created by Internet users in America.
Introduction
Chapter One
Offline and Online Diaries
Chapter Two
Social Functions of Online Diaries in America
Chapter Three
Humor in Cyberspace
Chapter Four
The Private-Public Divide
Chapter Five
Male and Female Cyberbodies
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Viviane Serfaty is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Université de Marne la Vallée in the Paris metropolitan area and at ENA, the French School for Government. She has written extensively about the Internet and has co-written and edited a volume in English and French entitled L’Internet en politique, des Etats-Unis à l’Europe (Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2002). Her research centers on Internet use in both the public and the private spheres.
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