Subversion, Sexuality and the Virtual Self

by J. Elund

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137468338
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/28/2015
Edition description:	2015
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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