Women and Second Life

Women and Second Life
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9780786470211
ISBN-13 : 0786470216
Rating : 4/5 (216 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Women and Second Life by : Dianna Baldwin

Download or read book Women and Second Life written by Dianna Baldwin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of new essays explores issues of identity, work and play in the virtual world of Second Life (SL). Fourteen women discuss their experiences. Topics include teaching in Second Life, becoming an SL journalist, and using SL as a means to bring human rights to health care; exploring issues of identity and gender such as performing the role of digital geisha, playing with gender crossing, or determining how identity is formed virtually; examining how race is perceived; and investigating creativity such as poetry writing or quilting. The text is unique in that it represents only women and their experiences in a world that is most often viewed as a man's world.


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