Posthumanity: Merger & Embodiment

Front Cover......Page 1
Inside Cover......Page 2
Advisory Board......Page 3
ISBN......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 6
Introduction: Adam W. Ruch & Ewan Kirkland......Page 8
PART I: Gender, Desire and Cyber Femininity......Page 15
Desire Online: Private Articulations and Public Responses: Ruzy Suliza Hashim and Imran Ho-Abdullah......Page 17
Kinky Politics in Cyberspace: Gender and Xenophobic Violence in South Africa: Naomi Nkealah......Page 29
PART II:  History, Political Writing and Thought Control......Page 47
Memory Erased: Effective Thought Control in Dystopias: Elsa Bouet......Page 49
Contemporaneity of Historicity: Appropriation of Historical Identities in Malaysian Blogosphere: Noraini Md. Yusof and Ruzy Suliza Hashim......Page 59
PART III: Time & Place......Page 71
Designing the Networked Environment: Architectural Visions of Cybercommunities: Lara Schrijver......Page 73
PART IV: Bodies & Identity......Page 83
Body Coded in Motion: Elena Marcevska......Page 85
PART V: Merger & Embodiment......Page 99
Bioinstincts: Laura Boffi......Page 101
To Have Done with the Judgment of God: The New Flesh: Devrim Ulkebas......Page 115
PART VI: Critical Philosophies......Page 127
Linguophilosophy of Cyberspace through English Vocabulary Development: Rusudan Makhachashvili......Page 129
Cyberphilosophy and the Nature of Personhood: An Information-processing Approach to the Notion of Anatta in Buddhist Philosophy: Arash Moussavi......Page 139
PART VII: The Literature of Cyberspace......Page 151
Cyborg Hierarchies: Ecological Philosophy and Cyberculture in Marge Piercy's Body of Glass: Jayne Glover......Page 153
PART VIII: Avatars, Humanity and Videogames......Page 165
Game Noir Approach for Interactive 3-D Documentaries: Daniel Riha......Page 167
Aliens, Avatars and Andrew Ryan: Representations of Humanity in Science Fiction Games: Monica Evans......Page 177
Remediation, Children's Television and Dora the Explorer: Ewan Kirkland......Page 187
Humanity and Digital Characters in Virtual Worlds: Crossing the Fictional Boundaries: Alexandre Monnin......Page 199
PART IX: Character-Community & Anthropology......Page 211
Among the Spirits of Cyberspace: An Analysis of Shamanic Motifs in Neuromancer: Anelie Crighton......Page 213
The Decline of Pseudonymity: Adam W. Ruch......Page 225