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This collection of new essays explores issues of identity, work and play in the virtual world of Second Life (SL). Fourteen women discuss their experiences. Topics include teaching in Second Life, becoming an SL journalist, and using SL as a means to bring human rights to health care; exploring issues of identity and gender such as performing the role of digital geisha, playing with gender crossing, or determining how identity is formed virtually; examining how race is perceived; and investigating creativity such as poetry writing or quilting.
The text is unique in that it represents only women and their experiences in a world that is most often viewed as a man's world.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface (Dianna Baldwin and Julie Achterberg)
Introduction: The Big Bang Theory, or the Creation of Second Life (Dianna Baldwin and Julie Achterberg)
Part I : Life as Avatar
A Rainy Afternoon: A Reflective Process Utilizing an Avatar Persona (Christine Ballengee Morris)
Digital Geisha (Julie Achterberg)
N00bs, M00bs and B00bs: An Exploration of Identity Formation in Second Life (J. A. Brown, Meg Y. Brown and Jennifer Regan)
Part II : Gender and Race
My Second Life as a Cyber Border Crosser (Carleen D. Sanchez)
Gender (Re)Production of "Emotion Work" and "Feeling Rules" in Second Life (Jennifer J. Reed)
Part III : Work and Education
Zoe's Law for SL, or If It Can, It Will, So Expect It (Dianna Baldwin)
Exploring the Virtual World of Second Life to Help Bring Human Rights to Health Care (Kara Bennett, Ph.D., and Susan Patrice, M.D.)
The Virtual Sky Is the Limit: Women's Journalism Experiences in Second Life (Phylis Johnson)
If She Can Build It, She Will (Suzanne Aurilio)
Part IV : Culture
Adventures in Fiberspace: Quilts and Quilting in Second Life Through the Virtual Eyes of Ione Tigerpaw (Amanda Grace Sikarskie)
Creative Immersion and Inspiration in Second Life's Virtual Landscapes (Patricia A. Facciponti)
About the Contributors
Index
