Reinventing ourselves contemporary concepts of identity in virtual worlds / Anna Peachey, Mark Childs, editors.
| Other author | Peachey, Anna. |
| Other author | Childs, Mark, 1963- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Springer, |
| Description | xiv, 330 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Nature - Springer Computer Science eBooks 2011 English International |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Books |
| Subjects |
| Series | Springer series in immersive environments Immersive environments series. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Virtual worlds and identity / Anna Peachey and Mark Childs -- Identity : a primer / Mark Childs -- The self and Second Life : a case study exploring the emergence of virtual selves / Simon Evans -- Liminal phases of avatar identity formation ini virtual world communities / Nicola Marae Martínez -- Encountering oneself and the other : a case study of identity formation in Second Life / Maeva Veerapen -- Virtual fashion play as embodied identity re/asssembling : Second Life fashion bloggers and their avatar bodies / Christine Liao -- Embodying self in virtual worlds / Ali Mazalek ... [et al.] -- "Is that your boyfriend?" : an experiential and theoretical approach to understanding gender-bending in virtual worlds / Ferdinand Francino and Jane Guiller -- Constructing disability in online worlds : conceptualising disability in online research / Diane Carr -- As long as they don't know where I live : information disclosure strategies for managing identity in Second Life / Poppy Lauretta McLeod and Gilly Leshed -- Multiple personality order : physical and personality characteristics of the self, primary avatar and Alt / Richard L. Gilbert, Jessica A. Foss, and Nora A. Murphy -- Comparing avatar and video representations / Ralph Schroeder -- What is my avatar? : Who is my avatar? : the avatar as a device to achieve a goal : perceptions and implications / Marc Conrad, Aloec Charles, and Jo Neale -- Situated learning in virtual worlds and identity reformation / Anne Adams ... [et al.] -- Virtual worlds and identity exploration for marginalised people / Jon Cabiria. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2011931288 |
| ISBN | 0857293605 |
| ISBN | 9780857293602 |
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