The cybercultures reader / edited by David Bell and Barbara M. Kennedy.

Other author Bell, David, 1965 February 12-
Other author Kennedy, Barbara M.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : New York : Routledge, 2000.
Descriptionxxv, 768 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents 1. Cybercultures reader: a users guide / David Bell -- 2. The 'virtual machine' and new becomings in pre-millennial culture / Barbara Kennedy -- I. Approaching cyberculture / David Bell -- 1. Cyberspace: first steps / Michael Benedikt -- 2. An archaeology of cyperspaces: virtuality, community, identity / Shawn P. Wilbur -- 3. Welcome to cyberia: notes on the anthropology of cyberculture / Arturo Escobar -- 4. Cyberspace and the world we live in / Kevin Robins -- 5. Code warriors: bunkering in and dumbing down / Arthur Kroker and Marilouise Kroker -- II. Popular cybercultures / Barbara Kennedy -- 6. From Captain America to Wolverine: cyborgs in comic books: alternative images of cybernetic heroes and villains / Mark Oehlert -- 7. Making cyborgs, making humans: of terminators and blade runners / Forest Pyle -- 8. New age mutant ninja hackers: reading Mondo 2000 / Vivian Sobchack -- 9. Terminal penetration / Scott Bukatman -- 10. The technophilic body: on technicity in William Gibson's cyborg culture / David Tomas -- 11. Prosthetic memory: total recall and Blade Runner / Alison Landsberg -- III. Cybersubcultures / David Bell -- 12. Net game cameo / Deena Weinstein and Michael A. Weinstein -- 13. Estrogen brigades and 'big tits' threads: media fandom on-line and off / Susan Clerc -- 14. Stalking the UFO meme / Richard Thieme.
Summary This volume aims to cover the whole spectrum of cyberspace and related new technologies to explore the ways in which new technologies are reshaping cultural forms and practices at the turn of the century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00697902
ISBN0415183782
ISBN9780415183789
ISBN0415183790 (pbk.)
ISBN9780415183796 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks QA76.9.C66 C898 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold