@article{771509,
      author = {Qiu, Jack Linchuan,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/771509},
      title = {Goodbye iSlave : a manifesto for digital abolition /},
      abstract = {"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"--},
      recid = {771509},
      pages = {1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) :},
}