Coming of age in second life : an anthropologist explores the virtually human /

"Tom Boellstorff conducted more than two years of fieldwork in Second Life, living among and observing its residents in the same way anthropologists traditionally have done to learn about cultures and social groups in the so-called real world. He applied the methods of anthropology to study man...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Boellstorff, Tom, 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2008]
Subjects:	Ethnology > Computer network resources. Ethnology > Interactive multimedia. Ethnology > Fieldwork. Internet. Virtual reality.

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
The subject and scope of this inquiry
History
Method
Place and time
Personhood
Intimacy
Community
Political economy
The virtual
Glossary
Notes
Works cited
Index.