Islands of Privacy by Christena E Nippert-Eng
Everyone worries about privacy these days. Packed with stories that are funny and sad, familiar and strange, this book tours the myriad arenas where privacy battles are fought, lost, and won. It explores how we manage our secrets, our phone calls and e-mail, the perimeters of our homes, and our interactions with neighbors.
"Islands of Privacy is a major work of original research, depicting the processes, exchanges, and concerns involved in the ongoing social negotiation of this thing we call 'privacy' The strength of Nippert-Eng's closely detailed approach is that it allows us to see that privacy is a complicated value subject to constant change, pressure, defense, and negation. The book is also elegantly written-in admirable Studs Terkel fashion, Nippert-Eng is able to get people to tell some great stories about the things that interest us all." -John Gilliom, author of Overseers of the Poor: Surveillance, Resistance, and the Limits of Privacy"
Christena Nippert-Eng is associate professor of sociology and associate chair of the Department of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is the author of Home and Work: Negotiating Boundaries through Everyday Life, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226586533 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226586537 |
| Title | Islands of Privacy |
| Author | Christena E Nippert-Eng |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2010-09-15 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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