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The Mirror and the Veil offers a unique perspective on the phenomenon of online personal diaries and blogs. Blending insights from literary criticism, from psychoanalytical theory and from social sciences, Viviane Serfaty identifies the historical roots of self-representational writing in America and studies the original features it has developed on the Internet. She perceptively analyzes the motivations of bloggers and the repercussions their writings may have on themselves and on American society at large. This book will be of interest to specialists in American Studies, to students in literature, communication, psychology and sociology, as well as to anyone endeavoring to understand the new set of practises created by Internet users in America.
Price: $149.00
Pages: 144
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Amsterdam Monographs in American Studies
Publication Date:
01 January 2004
ISBN: 9789042018037
Format: Paperback
"It is competently edited, well written and insightful…" - in: Atlantis, Vol. 27, No. 1 (June 2005)
"…an important contribution to current research…" - in: The European English Messenger, Vol. 14.1 (2005), pp. 84-5
"…a persuasive attempt to integrate online autobiographical texts into mainstream academic research …. it is to be hoped that future scholars will continue the fascinating work begun here." - in: American Studies, Vol. 39 (2005)
"…an essential text for researchers of blogs, online diaries and communities, and representations of the body and identity online." – Laurie N. Taylor (Nov. 2006)
"…an excellent addition to the library of blog researchers…" – Sarah Michele Ford
"As long as online diaries and blogs continue to be a major presence in the digital mediascape, The Mirror and the Veil will prove a useful starting point in exploring and understanding them." – Tama Leaver, RCCS, Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (November 2006)
"…an important contribution to current research…" - in: The European English Messenger, Vol. 14.1 (2005), pp. 84-5
"…a persuasive attempt to integrate online autobiographical texts into mainstream academic research …. it is to be hoped that future scholars will continue the fascinating work begun here." - in: American Studies, Vol. 39 (2005)
"…an essential text for researchers of blogs, online diaries and communities, and representations of the body and identity online." – Laurie N. Taylor (Nov. 2006)
"…an excellent addition to the library of blog researchers…" – Sarah Michele Ford
"As long as online diaries and blogs continue to be a major presence in the digital mediascape, The Mirror and the Veil will prove a useful starting point in exploring and understanding them." – Tama Leaver, RCCS, Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies (November 2006)
Viviane Serfaty is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Université de Marne la Vallée in the Paris metropolitan area and at ENA, the French School for Government. She has written extensively about the Internet and has co-written and edited a volume in English and French entitled L’Internet en politique, des Etats-Unis à l’Europe (Strasbourg: Presses Universitaires de Strasbourg, 2002). Her research centers on Internet use in both the public and the private spheres.