Black Cyberfeminism: Intersectionality, Institutions and Digital Sociology

Digital Sociologies eds. Jessie Daniels, Karen Gregory and Tressie McMillan Cottom. Bristol: Policy Press, 2016

39 Pages Posted: 16 Mar 2016

Date Written: March 14, 2016

Abstract

This paper considers what intersectionality brings to digital sociology. Drawing on my research of online and for-profit education, I argue that black cyberfeminist theory can refine digital sociology’s understanding of identities, institutions and political economies in the data age. Additionally, classification situations offers a refinement of black cyberfeminism themes to examine how one mechanism, algorithmic stratification, allocates access to and returns from digitally mediated interactions.

Keywords: black cyberfeminism, digital sociology, classification situations

Suggested Citation

McMillan Cottom, Tressie, Black Cyberfeminism: Intersectionality, Institutions and Digital Sociology (March 14, 2016). Digital Sociologies eds. Jessie Daniels, Karen Gregory and Tressie McMillan Cottom. Bristol: Policy Press, 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2747621

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