Love in the time of Tamagotchi

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 189-208

  Pettman, Dominic ^a  

^a Eugene Lang College   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactivity; Libidinal economies; Love; Ontology; Video games; Virtuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650603625     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: 14603616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276409103117     Document Type: Article

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