Hypes, hopes and actualities: New digital Cartesianism and bodies in cyberspace

New Media and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 139-168

  Boler, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advertising; Body; Cartesian; Computer mediated communication; Cyberculture; Dualism; Feminism; Gender; Identity; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846433193     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807067586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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