Online belongings
Subtitle: fantasy, affect and web communities
By: Debra Ferreday.
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9783039115297
Subjects: Online social networks; Communities; Virtual reality -- Social aspects; Cyberspace -- Social aspects; Internet -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: desiring community; title: Webs of affect: fantasy, virtuality and belonging; title: (Un)deleted subjects: mourning, violence and community; title: At-home in cyberspace: home, belonging and subjectivity; title: Cyberconsumption: pleasure, fantasy and online shopping; title: Pro-Ana: writing the virtual body; title: Afterword: full circle.