Product Description

This new, updated, and thoroughly revised edition of the successful The Cybercultures Reader includes a host of contemporary articles following this emerging and developing field.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135892 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 832 pages

Review
'The volume's structure provides an excellent approach to the diverse nature of the fields of study ' - Convergence

'This will prove an invaluable resource for students' - International Journal of Cultural Studies

From the Back Cover

The Cybercultures Reader brings together key writings in the exciting and interdisciplinary field of cyberculture studies, providing in one volume a comprehensive guide to the ways in which new technologies are shaped by and are shaping cultural forms and practices.

This new, updated, and thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling The Cybercultures Reader includes a host of specially selected contemporary articles by key thinkers in the expanding field of cybercultures studies. The Reader covers all the main areas of current research, including new sections for this edition such as cybercommunities, cyberidentities, cyberlife and cyberpolitics. It ends with a forward-looking section of essays that move beyond cybercultures, to consider cutting-edge developments in technologies and how we think about them.

Key features of the Reader include:

• A general introduction to the study of cyberculture
• Introductions to each thematic section, locating the articles in their theoretical and technological contexts.

This new edition of The Cybercultures Reader will be an indispensable resource for all those interested in living with and thinking about new technologies.

David Bell is Senior Lecturer in Critical Human Geography and leader of the Urban Cultures & Consumption research cluster at the University of Leeds. His previous publications include An Introduction to Cybercultures (2001) and Cyberculture Theorists: Manuel Castells & Donna Haraway (2006)

Barbara M. Kennedy is Reader in Film, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Staffordshire. Her previous publications include Deleuze and Cinema: The Aesthetics of Sensation (2000), The Cybercultures Reader (2000) with David Bell and a variety of articles in journals on feminist film theory, philosophy, dance, choreography and cultural studies.

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About the Author

David Bell is senior lecturer in Critical Human Geography and leader of the Urban Cultures & Consumption research cluster at the University of Leeds. His previous publications include An Introduction to Cybercultures (2001) and Cyberculture Theorists: Manuel Castells & Donna Haraway (2006)

Barbara Kennedy is Reader in Film, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Staffordshire. Her previous publications include Deleuze and Cinema: The Aesthetics of Sensation (2000), The Cybercultures Reader with David Bell (2000) and a variety of articles in journals on feminist film theory, philosophy, dance, choreography and cultural studies.

Customer Reviews

It's for the course...
Studying Digital Media at University and this was a required reading book.

This book is made up of many what I would call "essay's", they are not massively long, so you can't read a title in a few hours. There are loads of different pieces within the book, on many varied subjects, cyber feminism being one of my favourite reads.

It is a great read, and although I only needed a few of the essay's for my course work, I continue to read through the different writings still today. The book is not only fantastic for reference use (as you can reference many different authors from this one book), but it is also very interesting and informative.

All the essay's within the sections relate to each other, so after finishing one, you feel the need to read onto the next one, and get a different perspective of the same subject.

For my needs, the book did go into enough detail, though I would imagine if you are looking for a very detailed book on cyber-culture, this is not the one for you.

None the less, if you are looking too learn quickly about cybercultures in it's many different forms and areas, this is a great start. Each essay as I said can be read in no more than a few hours, and the book is pretty big, so you get a lot of essays to look through.

Marc
- eryc.co.uk

A very comprehensive reader
This reader is an excellent buy - giving a comprehensive overview of what is happening on the cyber-cult studs scene. It includes many classic texts such as Harraways cyborg manifesto. Each chapter has a useful introduction giving a broad overview of the issue at hand.