false 219835 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172805734m/219835.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172805734s/219835.jpg Figures of Fantasy explores the popularization of the idea of the Internet as a "cyberspace" and considers the implications this has for discussions of gender and identity. The book analyzes the standard figures used to conceptualize and explain technology and gender, and traces the ways in which these concepts have served to create the figure of the Internet as a cyberspace-a manner of thinking that has come to dominate Internet research internationally, making visible its historicity, limitations, and implications. Figures of Fantasy offers an innovative theoretical approach to Internet research, and provides a highly original, systematic critique of the canonical works in the field.]]> 219835 1 212850 10 2005 Figures of Fantasy: Internet, Women & Cyberdiscourse (Digital Formations) 0 0 1 0 128587 3.00 1 0 136233 13583 219835 0820476072 9780820476070 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172805734m/219835.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172805734s/219835.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/219835.Figures_of_Fantasy_Internet_Women_Cyberdiscourse 0.0 0 Figures of Fantasy explores the popularization of the idea of the Internet as a "cyberspace" and considers the implications this has for discussions of gender and identity. The book analyzes the standard figures used to conceptualize and explain technology and gender, and traces the ways in which these concepts have served to create the figure of the Internet as a cyberspace-a manner of thinking that has come to dominate Internet research internationally, making visible its historicity, limitations, and implications. Figures of Fantasy offers an innovative theoretical approach to Internet research, and provides a highly original, systematic critique of the canonical works in the field.]]> 2005 0 0 false Thu Mar 01 19:22:30 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 01 19:22:30 -0800 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=219835