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Communication and the Internet
Two Famous Case Studies
of MUDs and MOOs
(1) Gender Swapping: The Case of Sanford Lewin
(2) Virtual Rape: Mr Bungle
(1) Gender Swapping: The Case of Sanford Lewin
The Text
'In Novel Conditions: The Cross-Dressing Psychiatrist': Allucquère (Sandy) Stone. In Allucquère (Sandy) Stone (1996):
The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age
. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press
, pp.65-81;
Online version for my students
Commentaries
'Transvestite Performances: From the Bard to the BBS': Theresa M Senft
'The Role of Fantasy in the Construction of the On-line Other: a selection of interviews and participant observations from cyberspace': Robin B Hamman
'Cyborgasms: Cybersex Amongst Multiple-Selves and Cyborgs in the Narrow-Bandwidth Space of America Online Chat Rooms': Robin B Hamman
;
Alternate
'Gender Swapping on the Internet': Amy S Bruckman
Related Links
'Violation and Virtuality: Two cases of physical and psychological boundary transgression and their implications': Allucquère (Sandy) Stone
(Chapter 2 in
The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age
, pp. 45-64;
Alternate
Reviews of
The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age
:
Gerald Wagner
(2) Virtual Rape: Mr Bungle
The Text
'A Rape in Cyberspace, or How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database Into a Society': Julian Dibbell
(original version from
The Village Voice
, December 21, 1993, pp. 36-42);
Alternate
;
Alternate
;
Alternate
;
Alternate
'A Rape in Cyberspace': Julian Dibbell
(updated version)
Commentaries
Some Questions to Consider about 'A Rape in Cyberspace'
'Virtual Rape': Richard MacKinnon
Related Links
'Johnny Manhattan Meets the Furry Muckers': Josh Quittner
(
Hotwired
2.03, March 1994);
Alternate