Goodbye iSlave : a manifesto for digital abolition / Jack Linchuan Qiu.
Qiu, Jack Linchuan, 1973- author.
2016
HN740.Z9 I56795 2016eb
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title Goodbye iSlave : a manifesto for digital abolition / Jack Linchuan Qiu.
Author Qiu, Jack Linchuan, 1973- author.
ISBN 9780252099069 (electronic book)
0252099060 (electronic book)
9780252040627
0252040627
9780252082122
0252082125
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : illustrations.
Call Number HN740.Z9 I56795 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.48/330951
Summary "Welcome to a brave new world of profit making, propelled by high technology, guarded by enterprising authority, and carried forward by millions of workers. These millions of bodies gather in gigantic factory complexes to produce coveted commodities--iPhones, iPads, and other gadgets--for consumers worldwide. Yet, at these same factories, working conditions are notoriously oppressive, to the point that a number of employees there have committed suicide. In this study, Jack Linchuan Qiu examines systems of domination, exploitation, and alienation in an era of information technology, global connectivity, and individual consumerism engineered by corporations in collusion with national and regional state authorities. Focusing on notorious Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, Qiu conceptually develops the idea of iSlavery and the planetary Apple-Foxconn alliance he calls Appconn. Beginning with historical and legal explorations of slavery, he compares conditions of Foxconn workers to those of 17th century transatlantic slaves. Moving on from labor issues, he turns to fanatic consumption of digital media and argues that compulsive free labor contributions to commodity cycles constitute another form of iSlavery. Qiu relies on interviews, news analysis, and first-hand observation to clarify the circumstances faced by Foxconn workers and examine how a transborder working-class civil society was mobilized. He analyzes how media play a role in shaping public opinion and influencing corporate and state policies, ultimately affecting the fate of workers at the very bottom of the problematic new international division of labor"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Series Geopolitics of information.
Available in Other Form Goodbye iSlave.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
1. Departure: A Changing World
2. Patterns of Slavery
3. Manufacturing iSlave
4. Manufactured iSlave
5. Molding and Resisting Appconn
6. A Temporary Closure
Appendix
Notes
Index.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export