Subversion, Sexuality and the Virtual Self

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: J Elund, J. Elund, Jude Elund
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349500215
• ISBN: 978-1-349-50021-5
• No. of pages: 185
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Gender Studies, Social Media, Media Studies, Sociology, Communication, Arts, Media and Communication, Gender studies, gender groups, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Children's Literature, Children’s & teenage literature studies: general, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general