The inattention economy : how women of color built the internet / Lisa Nakamura.
| Author/creator | Nakamura, Lisa author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2026] |
| Copyright Date | ©2026 |
| Description | 194 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | How women of color built the internet |
| Physical medium | illustration |
| Series | Electronic mediations ; 67 Electronic mediations ; v. 67. |
| Contents | Introduction: The Inattention Economy -- Indigenous Circuits: Navajo Women and the Racialization of Early Electronic Manufacture -- The Queen of Myspace: Tila Tequila and the Asian American Roots of Social Media -- The Toxic Embodiments of Artificial Diversity: Feeling Good About Feeling Bad in the Metaverse -- Conclusion: "Fuck You, Pay Me": Digital Reparations for the Inattention Economy. |
| Abstract | The Inattention Economy recovers the uncredited and unpaid contributions of women of color in the creation of the internet. As Lisa Nakamura illuminates women's instrumental roles in building new technologies and making them coherent to users, she exposes how these women have been structurally excluded from racial capitalism's benefits while their labor is considered as exploitable and inexhaustible as that of machines. Arguing for both recognition and material compensation for these women's labor, the Inattention Economy is a powerful counterhistory of Silicon Valley and a persuasive call to imagine a different kind of internet. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-182) and index. |
| Genre/form | History |
| ISBN | 9780816699063 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0816699062 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780816699049 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0816699046 (hardback) |
| Standard identifier# | CIPO000371075 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | New Books | T36 .N36 2026 | ✔ Available | Want This? |