Living and Dying in a Virtual World : Digital Kinships, Nostalgia, and Mourning in Second Life / by Margaret Gibson, Clarissa Carden.
Gibson, Margaret, author.; Carden, Clarissa, author.
2018
HM742-HM743
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Title Living and Dying in a Virtual World : Digital Kinships, Nostalgia, and Mourning in Second Life / by Margaret Gibson, Clarissa Carden.
Author Gibson, Margaret, author.
ISBN 9783319760995
3319760998
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76099-5
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (XIII, 154 pages 7 illustrations) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-319-76099-5 doi
Call Number HM742-HM743
Dewey Decimal Classification 302.30285
Summary 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. At fourteen years old, Second Life can no longer be perceived as the young, cutting-edge environment it once was, and yet it endures as a place of belonging, fun, role-play and social experimentation. In this volume, the authors argue that far from facing an impending death, Second Life has undergone a transition to maturity and holds a new type of significance. As people increasingly explore and co-create a sense of self and ways of belonging through avatars and computer screens, the question of where and how people live and die becomes increasingly more important to understand. 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.
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Digital File Characteristics text file PDF
Added Author Carden, Clarissa, author.
Series Palgrave Macmillan memory studies.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783319760988
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1. Introduction
2. Blended Families
3. Grievable Lives
4. Commemorative Culture
5. Sentimental Objects
6. Nostalgia
7. Conclusion.

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