Mediating the human body
Subtitle: technology, communication, and fashion
By: edited by Leopoldina Fortunati, James E. Katz, Raimonda Riccini.
Contributors: Fortunati, Leopoldina.; Katz, James Everett.; Riccini, Raimonda.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Mahwah, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Body, Human -- Social aspects; Technological innovations; Human figure in art; Human-computer interaction; Communication and technology; Mass media and technology; Technology and civilization; Advertising -- Fashion
Description: "In Mediating the Human Body, Technology, Communication, and Fashion, editors Leopoldina Fortunati, James E. Katz, and Raimonda Riccini bring together a thoughtful group of international scholars and analysts to explore the effects of new technologies on human beings. They focus selectively on the intersection of new communication technologies and the body and offer novel insights based on recent theoretical progress and current research on new interpersonal technology." "Bringing together scholarship from a variety of disciplines, including communication, medicine, technology and human-computer interaction, this distinctive anthology will provide new insights to scholars and advanced students exploring body-technology intersections and the attendant implications. Mediating the Human Body offers a unique contribution to future discussions, and will be relevant to continuing study and research in communication and technology, human-computer interaction, gender studies, social psychology, and design."--Jacket.
Notes: Based on a conference held Jan. 11-12, 2001, during the Triennale di Milano.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.