Circumvention and social change: ICTs and the discourse of empowerment

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Abstract

This essay draws on ten years of work in south India to develop an interpretation of empowerment based on the concept of circumvention. In light of the physical and social restrictions placed on many Indian women, a case for the positive impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on gender equality is difficult to build. We show how women professionals use the Internet to circumvent gender codes that govern behavior, particularly those that limit access to social capital. © 2007 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Women's Studies in Communication

First Page

229

Last Page

253

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