Subversion, Sexuality and the Virtual Self

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?

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   Pages 16-38

4. Tourism: Island Utopias in the Virtual Sun

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   Pages 39-60

5. Intersections in Space, Nature and Mythology

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   Pages 61-82

6. Masculinity, Mass Consumerism and Subversive Sex

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   Pages 83-106

7. The Female Body in Virtual Space

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   Pages 107-131

8. Subverting Gender

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   Pages 132-156

9. Conclusion

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   Pages 157-162

10. Back Matter

    Pages 163-178

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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.

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

• Edith Cowan University, Australia

  Jude Elund

Jude Elund is Lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Australia, lecturing in New Media, Communication, Public Relations and Cultural Studies. Her specialisms include the social uses of technology as well as its political, philosophical and cultural implications, while her current projects include the investigation of subversive spaces and digital screen culture.

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