Avatar Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies

Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars-not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar"components"�-60 in total-altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience. The volume is a"crossover"� piece in that, while it delves into complex ideas, it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students, researchers, designers, and practitioners alike.Additional ISBNs9781433135606|9781433138294, 1433135604|1433138298, 9781433138287, 143313828XAvatar, Assembled: The Social and Technical Anatomy of Digital Bodies 1st Edition and published by Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers. ISBNs for Avatar, Assembled are 9781433143267, 1433143267 and the print ISBNs are 9781433135606, 1433135604. Additional ISBNs include 1433135604, 1433138298, 143313828X, 9781433135606, 9781433138294, 9781433138287.