Performing Atheist Selves in Digital Publics: U.S. Women and Non-Religious Identity Online

ISBN-13: 9781032021676 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 224 str.

Norway) Lundmark Evelina (Agder University

Opis

This book considers how the non-religious self is performed publicly online, and how digital culture and technology shapes this process. Building on a YouTube case study with women vloggers, it presents unique empirical data on non-organized atheism in the United States.

Spis treści

Introduction: US Women and Non-Religious Identity Online  1. Atheist Identity in the United States: Civil Religion and Christian Privilege  2. New Atheist Discourse and Hyper Rationality: Authority, Femininity, Atheism  3. Precarious Selves: Digital Media and Exacerbated Vulnerabilities  4. Third Spaces: Evoking Resonance  5. Counter Publics: Resistance Through Dissonance  Index

O autorze

Evelina Lundmark currently holds a postdoctoral position at Agder University in Norway. She has a PhD in the Sociology of Religion from Uppsala University, Sweden.