Subversion, Sexuality and the Virtual Self [electronic resource] /
Elund, J.author.
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.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Machine generated contents note: -- IntroductionChapter 1 - Embodiment, virtual experience and the body: Possibilities for subversion?Chapter 2 - Tourism: Island utopias in the virtual sunChapter 3 - Intersections in space, nature and mythologyChapter 4 - Masculinity, mass consumerism and subversive sexChapter 5 - The female body in virtual spaceChapter 6 - Subverting gender ConclusionReferences.
Arts.
Communication.
Social media.
Sociology.
Children's literature.
Arts.
Media Studies.
Social Media.
Gender Studies.
Children's Literature.