J. Elund

Subversion, Sexuality and the Virtual Self (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137468345
• Artikelnr.: 43081422

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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