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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Erin McElroyPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.408kg ISBN: 9781478030218ISBN 10: 1478030216 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 08 March 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Part I. Silicon Valley Spatiotemporality 1. Digital Nomads and Deracinated Dispossession 39 2. Postsocialist Silicon Valley 69 3. The Technofascist Specters of Liberalism 99 Part II. Techno Frictions and Fantasies 4. The Most Dangerous Town on the Internet 133 5. Corruption, Şmecherie, and Clones 155 6. Spells for Outer Space 175 Coda. Unbecoming Silicon Valley 209 Notes 217 Bibliography 237 Index 269Reviews“In this strikingly original and important book, Erin McElroy forges a new field: postsocialist technology studies. Decentering the United States as the primary locale through which to apprehend the racial workings of technocapitalism, McElroy maps unexpected yet urgent connections between Silicon Valley and Romania. Alongside lucid accounts of the differential yet entangled operations of racial technocapitalism and racial banishment across these vastly different histories and locales, McElroy highlights the hopeful possibilities for anti-imperialist solidarities that can emerge against the odds.” -- Neda Atanasoski, coauthor of * Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures * “Brimming with compelling historical insights, Silicon Valley Imperialism is a conceptually engaging, empirically grounded, and essential contribution to postsocialist and decolonial studies, the contemporary history of Romania, and an understanding of techno-capitalism’s trans-Atlantic ambitions.” -- Michele Lancione, author of * For a Liberatory Politics of Home * “In this strikingly original and important book, Erin McElroy forges a new field: postsocialist technology studies. Decentering the United States as the primary locale through which to apprehend the racial workings of technocapitalism, McElroy maps unexpected yet urgent connections between Silicon Valley and Romania. Alongside lucid accounts of the differential yet entangled operations of racial technocapitalism and racial banishment across these vastly different histories and locales, McElroy highlights the hopeful possibilities for anti-imperialist solidarities that can emerge against the odds.” -- Neda Atanasoski, coauthor of * Surrogate Humanity: Race, Robots, and the Politics of Technological Futures * Author InformationErin McElroy is Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Washington and coeditor of Counterpoints: A San Francisco Bay Area Atlas of Displacement and Resistance. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |