Cyber-Indigeneity: Urban Indigenous Identity on Facebook

Bronwyn Lumby

doi:10.1375/S1326011100001150

Authors

Bronwyn Lumby University of Technology Sydney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1375/S1326011100001150

Abstract

This paper addresses understandings and theorising of identity in cyberspace. In particular, it focuses on the construction, maintenance and performance of urban Indigenous identities on the contemporary internet social space, Facebook.

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