Negotiating Dataveillance in the Near Future: Margaret Atwood’s Dystopias
Margaret Atwood’s dystopias extrapolate from current trends, showing them as fully operational in the near future. They register the advent of ever-more intrusive surveillance in an increasingly digital culture which targets personal data. Characters who experience surveillance in local contexts, ho...
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Published in | Commonwealth : Essays and Studies Vol. 43; no. 2 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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SEPC (Société d’études des pays du Commonwealth)
2021
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Margaret Atwood’s dystopias extrapolate from current trends, showing them as fully operational in the near future. They register the advent of ever-more intrusive surveillance in an increasingly digital culture which targets personal data. Characters who experience surveillance in local contexts, however, draw on a number of resistance strategies to keep control over personal data and take advantage of surveillance systems’ ironic weaknesses. |
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ISSN: | 2270-0633 2534-6695 |
DOI: | 10.4000/ces.7718 |