The Cybercultures Reader [Library Binding]

Barbara M. Kennedy (Editor), David Bell (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2000 | ISBN-10: 0415183782 | ISBN-13: 978-0415183789 | Edition: 1st

The Cybercultures Reader brings together key writings covering the whole spectrum of cyberspace and related new technologies to explore the ways in which these technologies are reshaping cultural forms and practices. The Reader is divided into thematic sections which focus on key issues such as subcultures in cyberspace, posthumanism and cyberbodies, and pop-cultural depictions of human-machine interaction. Key features include: * an introduction to each section locating the essays in their theoretical and technological context * editor's introduction and accompanying user's guide * extensive bibliography Issues include: * theoretical approaches to cyberculture * representations in fiction and on film * the development of distinct cyber-subcultures * feminist and queer approaches within cyberculture. David Bell, Michael Benedikt, Gareth Branwyn, Scott Bukatman, Susan Clerc, Arturo Escobar, Thomas Foster, Donna Haraway, Barbara Kennedy, Arthur Kroker, Marilouise Kroker, Alison Landsberg, Mark Oehle

Editorial Reviews

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I would whole-heartedly recommend The Cybercultures Reader as an undergraduate teaching text, or as an introduction to the field for newly-interested scholars. Aimee Morrison, University of Alberta.
The Cybercultures Reader does exactly what I think a Reader should do: it provides a core text for cybercultural study...a complex and fascinating collection. Kate O'Riordan, University of Sussex.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 800 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition (March 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415183782
• ISBN-13: 978-0415183789
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,235,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Ignore the cliched title and access a wide variety of academic views, June 11, 2010

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This review is from: The Cybercultures Reader (Paperback)

I fond some of this book cliched and tenditious. However by perservering and wading through the entire text revealed some gems, look in particular for aldous Huxley's formula for bad art!

A great resource and one that would be very useful for undergrads especially

17 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't do much for me, October 2, 2001

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Rabble (Montevideo, Uruguay) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cybercultures Reader (Paperback)

This seemed to be a collection of essays that don't quite go anywhere. Maybe for somebody it's good but for me it felt like mix of artists and cultural studies types who don't really get online with some people who spend too much time online in mud's and other virutal 'worlds'. It seem to lack any theortical or intellectual backbone. Aside from that, if you get a list of the essays most of them can be found online. ;)

2 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars wow, January 11, 2004

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Gilbert (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cybercultures Reader (Paperback)

This is pretty impressive stuff...really. Aslo, the cover is nice.