Online Life and Online Bodies

Marshall, J

Online Life and Online Bodies

Marshall, J

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Publisher:: Idea Group Inc
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, 2006, 1, pp. 946 - 951
Issue Date:: 2006-01

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dc.contributor.author	Marshall, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3914-7697	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Eileen Trauth	en_US
dc.date.issued	2006-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology, 2006, 1, pp. 946 - 951	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1-59140-815-6	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11761
dc.description.abstract	Bodies are often claimed to be irrelevant to online activity. Online space, or activity, is frequently described as if disembodied, and often this absence of visible bodies is said to contribute to freedom from social pressures around gender, race, and body type (Reid 1996). However, without bodies, people could not access the Internet, and online there are continual references, directly or indirectly, to bodies, so the term disembodied references a particular type of "ghost" body. Therefore, rather than accepting ideas that naturalise dislocating life online from bodies, it is necessary to explore the situations in which this occurs. Another commonly used body metaphor is the cyborg: the melding of human with machine. In both cases, the body is usually taken as underllying what is happening and as a referent for authenticity.	en_US
dc.publisher	Idea Group Inc	en_US
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dc.relation.ispartof	Encyclopedia of Gender and Information Technology	en_US
dc.title	Online Life and Online Bodies	en_US
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Abstract:

Bodies are often claimed to be irrelevant to online activity. Online space, or activity, is frequently described as if disembodied, and often this absence of visible bodies is said to contribute to freedom from social pressures around gender, race, and body type (Reid 1996). However, without bodies, people could not access the Internet, and online there are continual references, directly or indirectly, to bodies, so the term disembodied references a particular type of "ghost" body. Therefore, rather than accepting ideas that naturalise dislocating life online from bodies, it is necessary to explore the situations in which this occurs. Another commonly used body metaphor is the cyborg: the melding of human with machine. In both cases, the body is usually taken as underllying what is happening and as a referent for authenticity.

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