ABSTRACT
Online Activism in Latin America examines the innovative ways in which Latin American citizens, and Latin@s in the U.S., use the Internet to advocate for causes that they consider just. The contributions to the volume analyze citizen-launched websites, interactive platforms, postings, and group initiatives that support a wide variety of causes, ranging from human rights to disability issues, indigenous groups’ struggles, environmental protection, art, poetry and activism, migrancy, and citizen participation in electoral and political processes. This collection bears witness to the early stages of a very unique and groundbreaking form of civil activism culture now growing in Latin America.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|79 pages
Art and Activism in Cyberspace
chapter 1|27 pages
A Theater of Displacement
chapter 4|18 pages
Belén Gache’s Aleatory Politics
part II|50 pages
Blogging as Online Activism
chapter 7|12 pages
Revolución.com?
part III|51 pages
Enduring Struggles, Now Online
chapter 10|14 pages
Voces Cubanas
chapter 11|12 pages
From Wounds to Healing
part IV|80 pages
Cyberspace and New Citizenry Representations