Living and Dying in a Virtual World

Digital Kinships, Nostalgia, and Mourning in Second Life

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

AvMargaret Gibson,Clarissa Carden

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This book takes readers into stories of love, loss, grief and mourning and reveals the emotional attachments and digital kinships of the virtual 3D social world of Second Life. This book shows how a virtual world can change lives and create forms of memory, nostalgia and mourning for both real and avatar based lives.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-01-26
Mått148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt236 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
Antal sidor154
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030094027

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Margaret Gibson is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences at Griffith University, Australia. She is a leading international researcher on physical and digital mourning, memory and memorialisation.Clarissa Carden is a PhD Candidate in Sociology in the School of Humanities, Languages, and Social Sciences at Griffith University, Australia. Her research explores the way in which morals and traditions respond to changing circumstances.