Overview

"In this work Allucquere Rosanne Stone examines the interface of technology and desire: from busy cyberlabs to the electronic solitude of the Internet, from ""virtual cross-dressers"" to the trial of a man accused of having raped a woman by seducing one of her multiple personalities. Writing of creating a ""text that breaks rules"", Stone employs elements from a wide range of disciplines and genres, including cultural and critical theory, social sciences, pulp journalism, science fiction and personal memoir."

Full Product Details

Author:   Allucquère Rosanne Stone
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.363kg
ISBN:  

9780262691895

ISBN 10:   0262691892
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   25 July 1996
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction - sex, death and machinery, or how I fell in love with my prosthesis; collective structures; ""risking themselves"" - identity in Oshkosh; ""in novel conditions"" - the cross-dressing psychiatrist; ""reinvention and encounter"" - communities/communiTrees; ""the end of innocence, part 1"" - cyberdammerung at the Atari lab; ""the end of innocence, part 2"" - cyberdammerung at Wellspring Systems; conclusion - the gaze of the vampire."

Reviews

"""From its title to its subject the impact of cybertechnologies onthe construction of identity Stone""s book is undeniably sexy...simultaneously provocative and infuriating...never vanilla."" The Women""s Review of Books"

From its title to its subject--the impact of cybertechnologies on the construction of identity--Stone's book is undeniably sexy... simultaneously provocative and infuriating...never vanilla. --The Women's Review of Books

From its title to its subject the impact of cybertechnologies onthe construction of identity Stone s book is undeniably sexy...simultaneously provocative and infuriating...never vanilla. The Women s Review of Books

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