Subversion, Sexuality and the Virtual Self - J. Elund

Subversion, Sexuality and the Virtual Self

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
178 Seiten
2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-50021-5 (ISBN)
53,45 inkl. MwSt
The text analyses identities within virtual on-screen environments. Investigating regions in Second Life, it explores topical issues of the body in virtual space, nature and mythology in virtual environments, and the key arguments surrounding normative and subversive representations of gender, sexuality and subversion in screen-based environments.

Jude Elund is Lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Australia, lecturing in New Media, Communication, Public Relations and Cultural Studies. Her specialisms include the social uses of technology as well as its political, philosophical and cultural implications, while her current projects include the investigation of subversive spaces and digital screen culture.

Introduction Chapter 1 - Embodiment, virtual experience and the body: Possibilities for subversion? Chapter 2 - Tourism: Island utopias in the virtual sun Chapter 3 - Intersections in space, nature and mythology Chapter 4 - Masculinity, mass consumerism and subversive sex Chapter 5 - The female body in virtual space Chapter 6 - Subverting gender Conclusion References

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo VII, 178 p.
Verlagsort Basingstoke
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Allgemeines / Lexika
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Schlagworte femininity • Gender • Masculinity • Second Life • Sexuality • Subversion • Virtual Worlds
ISBN-10 1-349-50021-6 / 1349500216
ISBN-13 978-1-349-50021-5 / 9781349500215
Zustand Neuware
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