Cryptopolitics
Exposure, Concealment, and Digital Media
$69.10
- Paperback
253 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2026
Summary
Hidden information, double meanings, double-crossing, and the constant processes of encoding and decoding messages have always been important techniques in negotiating social and political power dynamics. Yet these tools, “cryptopolitics,” are transformed when used within digital media. Focusing on African societies, Cryptopolitics brings together empirically grounded studies of digital media to consider public culture, sociality, and power in all its forms, illustrating the analytical potential of cryptopolitics to elucidate intimate relationships, political protest, and economic strategies in the digital age.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781807581046 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1807581047 |
| Author: | Victoria Bernal, Katrien Pype, Daivi Rodima-Taylor |
| Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
| Imprint: | Berghahn Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 253 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2026 |
| Series: | Anthropology of Media |
Critics Review
“The strength of the book lies in its demonstration of how political and social practices are always anchored in local sociality, as well as understanding that the roles of social media in contemporary Africa are important to understand what is going on.” - Jo Helle-Valle, Oslo Metropolitan University
Victoria Bernal
Victoria Bernal is a cultural anthropologist and Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. Her articles and chapters have appeared in various collections as well as in anthropological, African Studies, and interdisciplinary journals.
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