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a| 1015867276

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a| HM851 b| .A927 2018

a| 303.48/33 2| 23

a| Avatar, assembled : b| the social and technical anatomy of digital bodies / c| edited by Jaime Banks.

a| New York, NY : b| Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., c| [2018]

a| vii, 326 pages : b| illustrations ; c| 23 cm.

a| text b| txt 2| rdacontent

a| unmediated b| n 2| rdamedia

a| volume b| nc 2| rdacarrier

a| Digital formations ; v| vol. 106

a| Includes bibliographical references and index.

a| Introduction: (dis)assembling the avatar / Jaime Banks -- The social -- Life & death : the meaning of (digital) existence / Teresa Lynch & Nicholas L. Matthews -- Shape & size : the body electric / James M. Falin & Jorge Peña -- Race and otherness : the utopian promise and divided reality / Kristine L. Nowak -- Boobs & butts : the babes get the gaze / Jesse Fox -- Face & hair: looks that change behaviors / Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn -- Voice and sound : player contributions to speech / Hanna Wirman & Rhys Jones -- Gesture and movement : indices of presence / Sita Popat -- Names & labels : strategic (de)identification / Mark R. Johnson -- Gear & weaponry : market ideologies of functional and cosmetic items / William Robinson & David Calvo -- Companions & vehicles : permutations of digital entities / Rabindra A. Ratan -- Alignments & alliances : associations of value / Kristine Ask & Mark Chen -- Morality & personality : perfect and deviant selves / Matthew Grizzard & Changhyun Ahn -- Relationships & reputation : part of the main(frame) / Nicholas David Bowman -- Headcanon & lore : owning the narrative / John Carter McKnight -- Cosplay & conventions : exporting the digital / Nicolle Lamerichs -- The technical -- Rules & mechanics : parameters for interactivity / Andy Boyan & Jaime Banks -- Achievements & levels: building affirmational resources / John A. Velez -- Spells & statistics : inside the black box / Christopher A. Paul -- Class & role : frameworks for (inter)action / Oskar Milik -- Resources & inventories : useful fictions / Isaac Knowles -- Code & logic : procedural desire / Peter Kudenov -- Glitches & lag : unanticipated variables / Mark R. Johnson -- Pixels and polygons : the stuff of light-beings / Roger Altizer, Jr -- Embellishment & effects : seduction by style / Dominic Kao & D. Fox Harrell -- Perspective & physics : frames for play / Ryan Bown & Gabe Olson -- Mobility & context : of being and being there / Edward Downs -- Engines & platforms : functional entanglements / Casey O¿Donnell -- Interfaces and mods : customizing the gateway / Nathan Stevens & Anthony Limperos -- Controllers & inputs : masters of puppets / Daniel Roth, Jean-Luc Lugrin, Sebastian von Mammen, & Marc Erich Latoschik -- Licensing and law : who owns an avatar? / Tyler T. Ochoa & Jaime Banks -- Contributors.

a| Information technology x| Social aspects. =| ^A991896

a| Avatars (Virtual reality) x| Social aspects. =| ^A714422

a| Internet games x| Social aspects. =| ^A685211

a| Banks, Jaime, d| 1980- e| editor. =| ^A1347427

a| Digital formations v| v. 106. =| ^A691462

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