The Online Body Breaks Out? Asence, Ghosts, Cyborgs, Gender, Polarity and Politics

Online bodies, or cyber-bodies, seem to be constantly involved in issues of boundaries. This paper explores some of those issues. A brief outline of some offline boundary anxieties is given, such as being overwhelmed by germs, work or the foreign. It is then argued that boundaries online are even mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jonathan Marshall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Humanities Press 2004-01-01
Series:Fibreculture Journal
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Online Access:http://three.fibreculturejournal.org/fcj-016-the-online-body-breaks-out-asence-ghosts-cyborgs-gender-polarity-and-politics/