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Society & Cyberculture, Social Aspects of Technology, Civilization - General & Miscellaneous, Popular Culture - General & Miscellaneous

The Cybercultures Reader

by Bell, Barbara M. Kennedy
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Overview

This updated and thoroughly revised second edition of the best-selling The Cybercultures Reader, includes specially selected contemporary articles by key thinkers in the expanding field of cybercultures studies.

With general and thematic section introductions, a full bibliography and user guide, this latest edition is an indispensable resource for all those interested in living with and thinking about new technologies.

Synopsis

This updated and thoroughly revised second edition of the best-selling The Cybercultures Reader, includes specially selected contemporary articles by key thinkers in the expanding field of cybercultures studies.

With general and thematic section introductions, a full bibliography and user guide, this latest edition is an indispensable resource for all those interested in living with and thinking about new technologies.

Booknews

The writings collected here provide a guide to the ways new technologies are re-shaping cultural forms and practices. The editors provide an introduction to the study of cyberculture, a user's guide to the volume, introductions to each thematic section, and a bibliography of cybertexts. Sections discuss issues like popular cybercultures, cybersubcultures, cyberfeminisms, cybersexualities, cyberbodies, post [cyber]bodies, scaling cyberspace, and cybercolonization. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author, Bell

David Bell is senior lecturer in Critical Human Geography and leader of the Urban Cultures & Consumption research cluster at the University of Leeds. His previous publications include An Introduction to Cybercultures (2001) and Cyberculture Theorists: Manuel Castells & Donna Haraway (2006)

Barbara Kennedy is Reader in Film, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Staffordshire. Her previous publications include Deleuze and Cinema: The Aesthetics of Sensation (2000), The Cybercultures Reader with David Bell (2000) and a variety of articles in journals on feminist film theory, philosophy, dance, choreography and cultural studies.

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From the Publisher

'The volume's structure provides an excellent approach to the diverse nature of the fields of study ' - Convergence

'This will prove an invaluable resource for students' - International Journal of Cultural Studies

Booknews

The writings collected here provide a guide to the ways new technologies are re-shaping cultural forms and practices. The editors provide an introduction to the study of cyberculture, a user's guide to the volume, introductions to each thematic section, and a bibliography of cybertexts. Sections discuss issues like popular cybercultures, cybersubcultures, cyberfeminisms, cybersexualities, cyberbodies, post [cyber]bodies, scaling cyberspace, and cybercolonization. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
December 1, 2007
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Pages
832
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780415410687

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