| Avatar, Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies Contributor(s): Jones, Steve (Other), Banks, Jaime (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433135604 ISBN-13: 9781433135606 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $63.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Information Technology - Social Science | Media Studies - Art | Business Aspects |
| Dewey: 303.483 |
| LCCN: 2017026099 |
| Series: Digital Formations |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.01 lbs) 328 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars--not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar components--60 in total--altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience. The volume is a crossover piece in that, while it delves into complex ideas, it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students, researchers, designers, and practitioners alike. |