Digital Me : Trans Students Exploring Future Possible Selves Online
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| Title: | Digital Me : Trans Students Exploring Future Possible Selves Online |
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| Description: | The internet is where trans people have come to become. Creating an identity in digital space can be important for how trans people learn about themselves, their communities, and the possibilities available to them. While the internet and digital space is not the only way of coming to understand oneself in a community, it is a space of liberatory possibility and creativity. There is room to invent what may not yet exist for gender on the edges of what many consider to be “real.” For many, digital life can be the site of play, joy, and connection –even while the internet is not a harm-free space nor universally available. This book seeks to understand the complexities at play in the digital realm and the implications that have for gender, digital life, and higher education. |
| Authors: | Z Nicolazzo, Alden C. Jones, Sy Simms |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Internet in higher education, Trans college students, Online identities, Identity (Philosophical concept), Identity (Psychology) |
| Categories: | SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Student Life & Student Affairs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The internet is where trans people have come to become. Creating an identity in digital space can be important for how trans people learn about themselves, their communities, and the possibilities available to them. While the internet and digital space is not the only way of coming to understand oneself in a community, it is a space of liberatory possibility and creativity. There is room to invent what may not yet exist for gender on the edges of what many consider to be “real.” For many, digital life can be the site of play, joy, and connection –even while the internet is not a harm-free space nor universally available. This book seeks to understand the complexities at play in the digital realm and the implications that have for gender, digital life, and higher education. |
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| ISBN: | 9781978822771 9781978822788 9781978822818 9781978822795 |
