02082cam a2200277 4500 7134 061106s2006 nyua b 001 0 eng d 2007270914 0415970156 (hardcover) 0415970164 (pbk.) 9780415970150 (hardcover) 9780415970167 (pbk.) Hansen, Mark B. N. (Mark Boris Nicola), 1965- Bodies in code : interfaces with digital media / Mark B.N. Hansen New York ; London : Routledge, c2006 xi, 327 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-318) and index Front cover; contents; the author; preface; Introduction; PART I: toward a technics of the flesh; Chapter 1. bodies in code, or how primordial tactility introjects technics into human life; PART II: locating the virtual in contemporary culture; Chapter 2. embodying virtual reality: tactility and self-movement in the work of char davies; Chapter 3. digitizing the racialized body, or the politics of common impropriety; Chapter 4. wearable space; Chapter 5. The Digital Topography of House of Leaves; Notes; References; Bibliography; Index; Back cover. Bodies in Code explores how our bodies experience and adapt to digital environments. Cyberculture theorists have tended to overlook biological reality when talking about virtual reality, and Mark B.N. Hansen's book shows what they've been missing. Cyberspace is anchored in the body, he argues, and it's the body--not high-tech computer graphics--that allows a person to feel like they are really 'moving' through virtual reality. Of course these virtual experiences are also profoundly affecting our very understanding of what it means to live as embodied beings. Hansen draws upon recent work in. Body schema Digital media Philosophy Human figure in art Virtual reality Psychological aspects Virtual reality in art 6060 6060 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2018-11-27 11001 2 302.23 HAN 30011014 2022-01-12 00:00:00 2019-10-01 2 2018-11-27 MAIN 0 0 ddc 0 0 MAIN RTCLIB RTCLIB MAIN 2018-11-27 10984 0 302.23 HAN 30010725 2022-01-12 00:00:00 1 2018-11-27 MAIN