| Description |
xiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-301) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I: Setting the virtual stage. The subject and scope of this inquiry -- History -- Method -- pt. II: Culture in a virtual world. Place and time -- Personhood -- Intimacy -- Community -- pt. III: The age of techne. Political economy -- The virtual -- Glossary. |
| Summary |
"Tom Boellstorff conducted more than two years of fieldwork in Second Life, living among and observing its residents in the same way anthropologists traditionally have done to learn about cultures and social groups in the so-called real world. He applied the methods of anthropology to study many facets of this new frontier of human life, including issues of gender, race, sex, money, conflict and antisocial behavior, the construction of place and time, and the interplay of self and group."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Ethnology -- Computer network resources.
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Ethnology -- Computer network resources. |
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Ethnology. |
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Ethnology -- Interactive multimedia.
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| Genre/Form |
Interactive multimedia.
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| Subject |
Ethnology -- Fieldwork.
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Ethnology -- Fieldwork. |
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Second Life (Game)
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Second Life (Game) |
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Internet.
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Internet. |
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Virtual reality.
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Virtual reality. |
| ISBN |
9780691135281 alkaline paper |
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0691135282 alkaline paper |
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