Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life

by Alicia Headlam Hines, Alondra Nelson, Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu

Book Overview

The cultural impact of new information and communication technologies has been a constant topic of debate, but questions of race and ethnicity remain a critical absence. TechniColor fills this gap by exploring the relationship between race and technology.From Indian H-1B Workers and Detroit techno music to karaoke and the Chicano interneta, TechniColor's specific case studies document the ways in which people of color actually use...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814736041
• ISBN13: 9780814736043
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Breaking new ground!

In all the relentess hype over the internet in the last 5 years, it's remarkable how little attention has been paid to the cultural and political factors that influence our understanding of new technologies. Maybe everyone was too obsessed with their stock options, or maybe people in this country are just oblivious to anything beyond what's right in front of their noses. At any rate, Technicolor provides a sorely needed alternative perspective on the information age. Did you know that lowriding is a fully articulated Chicano technological worldview? Did you realize that Detroit techno was soundtracking cyberspace when Moby was in diapers? Have you heard about cyber-vatos? Are you aware of the disparities in access that exist between rich white people and communities of color? Do you know how much sexist crap Asian American women online have to put up with? Questioning the tired narrative of the digital divide, this book mixes up politics, culture and techno-theory to brilliant effect. You might look at your computer a whole new way after you read it.