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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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The politics of transformation

selfie production of the visually marginalised

Patricia Routh

pp. 363-381

Abstract

Patricia Routh finds that images are not the only things being transformed during selfie production, as groups of people once marginalised in society by the dominant commoditised cultural visual rhetoric now have the power to control their images in ways that break from the societal norm. The selfie is a digital exploration of identity, a therapeutic way to transform individual experience, a way for marginalised people to find control and empowerment, transforming and fostering an unconventional mode of knowing people's daily use of technology.

Publication details

Published in:

Karatzogianni Athina, Nguyen Dennis, Serafinelli Elisa (2016) The digital transformation of the public sphere: conflict, migration, crisis and culture in digital networks. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 363-381

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-50456-2_18

Full citation:

Routh Patricia (2016) „The politics of transformation: selfie production of the visually marginalised“, In: A. Karatzogianni, D. Nguyen & E. Serafinelli (eds.), The digital transformation of the public sphere, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 363–381.