Subversion, Sexuality and the Virtual Self

  • Jude Elund
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Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction
    Jude Elund
    Pages 1-15
  3. Embodiment, Virtual Experience and the Body: Possibilities for Subversion?
    Jude Elund
    Pages 16-38
  4. Tourism: Island Utopias in the Virtual Sun
    Jude Elund
    Pages 39-60
  5. Intersections in Space, Nature and Mythology
    Jude Elund
    Pages 61-82
  6. Masculinity, Mass Consumerism and Subversive Sex
    Jude Elund
    Pages 83-106
  7. The Female Body in Virtual Space
    Jude Elund
    Pages 107-131
  8. Subverting Gender
    Jude Elund
    Pages 132-156
  9. Conclusion
    Jude Elund
    Pages 157-162
  10. Back Matter
    Pages 163-178
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About this book

Introduction

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.

Keywords

virtual worlds sexuality gender subversion Second Life masculinity femininity body corpus environment experience mass nature space utopia

Authors and affiliations

  • Jude Elund
    • 1
  1. 1.Edith Cowan UniversityAustralia

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137468345
  • Copyright Information Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015
  • Publisher Name Palgrave Macmillan, London
  • eBook Packages Palgrave Media & Culture Collection
  • Print ISBN 978-1-349-50021-5
  • Online ISBN 978-1-137-46834-5
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