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Nakamura, Digitizing Race, Introduction, chapter 5, Epilogue

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Index<br />

Abercrombie and Fitch controversy,<br />

186–87, 194, 199<br />

Abu Ghraib photographs, 115–16,<br />

167–68<br />

Achebe, Chinua, 87, 90<br />

acronyms, 153<br />

Active Worlds (3-D space), 39<br />

addiction, Internet, 205<br />

advanced reproductive technologies<br />

(ART), 140<br />

African Americans: and computer use,<br />

97–98; as cool, 100, 103, 112–13,<br />

116, 128; in film, 98–100, 103; in<br />

gaming, 18–19; and Internet, 175,<br />

179, 181–84, 200, 224n13; in<br />

literature, 108<br />

Aidoo, Ama Ata, 90<br />

AIM buddies: defined, 42; ethnic,<br />

53, 69; and identity, 30–31, 56,<br />

63; as liminal, 45; loading time,<br />

43–44; purpose, 42, 44; and selfrepresentation,<br />

52; as tacky, 68–69;<br />

term, 213n5; types, 42–43<br />

Alexander, Donnell, 112<br />

Alkalimat, Abdul, 224n13<br />

alllooksame.com, 31, 70–94, 206; home<br />

page, 79; popularity of, 82–83, 94;<br />

postings on, 80–82; and race, 80, 82;<br />

responses to, 78–80; test questions,<br />

79, 81, 83, 86–87<br />

American Girl dolls, 139–41<br />

Anderson, Benedict, 129<br />

Ang, Ien, 77, 83, 177<br />

Ansen, David, 119<br />

Anzaldúa, Gloria, 90, 125, 216–17n41<br />

AOL Instant Messenger. See AIM<br />

buddies<br />

Aoyogi, Caroline, 186<br />

APIHR (Asian Pacific Islanders for<br />

Human Rights), 191<br />

Apple iPod. See iPod commercials<br />

Apter, Emily, 6–8<br />

Armstrong, Carol, 6–8<br />

ART (advanced reproductive<br />

technologies), 140<br />

art history: and visual culture studies,<br />

6–8, 11<br />

ASCII art, 43, 221n12<br />

241

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