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Avatar, Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies(106 Digital Formations)

Avatar, Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies(106 Digital Formations)

          
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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.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures – List of Tables – Acknowledgments – Jaime Banks: Introduction: (Dis)Assembling the Avatar – Teresa Lynch/Nicholas L. Matthews: Life & Death: The Meaning of (Digital) Existence – James M. Falin/Jorge Peña: Shape & Size: The Body Electric – Kristine L. Nowak: Race & Otherness: The Utopian Promise and Divided Reality – Jesse Fox: Boobs & Butts: The Babes Get the Gaze – Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn: Face & Hair: Looks That Change Behaviors – Hanna Wirman/Rhys Jones: Voice & Sound: Player Contributions to Speech – Sita Popat: Gesture & Movement: Indices of Presence – Mark R. Johnson: Names & Labels: Strategic (De)Identification – William Robinson/David Calvo: Gear & Weaponry: Market Ideologies of Functional and Cosmetic Items – Rabindra A. Ratan: Companions & Vehicles: Permutations of Digital Entities – Kristine Ask/Mark Chen: Alignments & Alliances: Associations of Value – Matthew Grizzard/Changhyun Ahn: Morality & Personality: Perfect and Deviant Selves – Nicholas David Bowman: Relationships & Reputation: Part of the Main(frame) – John Carter McKnight: Headcanon & Lore: Owning the Narrative – Nicolle Lamerichs: Cosplay & Conventions: Exporting the Digital – Andy Boyan/Jaime Banks: Rules & Mechanics: Parameters for Interactivity – John A. Velez: Achievements & Levels: Building Affirmational Resources – Christopher A. Paul: Spells & Statistics: Inside the Black Box – Oskar Milik: Class & Role: Frameworks for (Inter)Action – Isaac Knowles: Resources & Inventories: Useful Fictions – Peter Kudenov: Code & Logic: Procedural Desire – Mark R. Johnson: Glitches & Lag: Unanticipated Variables: Roger Altizer, Jr.: Pixels & Polygons: The Stuff of Light-Beings – Dominic Kao/D. Fox Harrell: Embellishment & Effects: Seduction by Style – Ryan Bown/Gabe Olson: Perspective & Physics: Frames for Play – Edward Downs: Mobility & Context: Of Being and Being There – Casey O’Donnell: Engines & Platforms: Functional Entanglements – Nathan Stevens/Anthony Limperos: Interfaces & Mods: Customizing the Gateway – Daniel Roth, Jean-Luc Lugrin/Sebastian von Mammen/Marc Erich Latoschik: Controllers & Inputs: Masters of Puppets – Tyler T. Ochoa/Jaime Banks: Licensing & Law: Who Owns an Avatar? – Contributors – Ludography – Index.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781433135606
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 29 mm
  • Weight: 458 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1433135604
  • Publisher Date: 17 Nov 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 225 mm
  • No of Pages: 328
  • Series Title: 106 Digital Formations
  • Sub Title: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies
  • Width: 150 mm


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