Digital Resistance: Electronic Literature as Counter-Market Practice

Authors

  • Rachid Benharrousse The American University in Cairo

Keywords:

Electronic literature, Digital Humanities, Neoliberalism, Digital Capitalism, Literary Production

Abstract

This study investigates the emergence of electronic literature as a counter-market practice within contemporary digital culture, examining how digital literary works establish resistant practices while operating within neoliberal market structures. The research demonstrates how digital literary innovation establishes new value paradigms that challenge market-driven literary production through critically analyzing electronic literary works. This research advances scholarly understanding of cultural production under digital capitalism by demonstrating how electronic literature establishes creative practices that maintain critical independence while acknowledging their embeddedness within broader economic structures. The paper presents new theoretical possibilities for conceptualizing literary value and political engagement within an increasingly platform-mediated cultural landscape.

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Author Biography

  • Rachid Benharrousse, The American University in Cairo

    Rachid Benharrousse is a Research Fellow at the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo. He has a Ph.D. in Migration and Political Studies from Mohammed V University in Rabat. His international experience includes roles such as Don Lavoie Fellow at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University, and Research Director at Palah Light Lab, The New School. Benharrousse has also held positions as a Research Fellow at the African Academy for Migration Research (AAMR), University of Witwatersrand, and as a researcher at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University & Digital Asia Hub. Benharrousse's early career was marked by his role as an Early Career Researcher with the Association of Middle Eastern Women's Studies (AMEWS) and as a Graduate Researcher at the Paris Institute for Critical Thinking.

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27-11-2024

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Benharrousse, Rachid. “Digital Resistance: Electronic Literature As Counter-Market Practice”. Multilingual African Digital Semiotics and E-Lit Journal (MADSEJ), vol. 1, no. 2, Nov. 2024, pp. 22-32, https://madsej.africanelit.org/index.php/madsej/article/view/18.