Human* Being: On Otherkin Identity and Digital Community - Couverture souple

Proctor, Devin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1643151037 ISBN 13 : 9781643151038

Editeur : Lever Press, 2026

Synopsis

Human* Being: On Otherkin Identity and Digital Community is an ethnographic exploration of the Otherkin—a technologically-mediated community of practice whose members identify as other-than-human—breaking down barriers of identity and calling into question assumptions about what it means to be a human. Based on a decade of ethnographic research, Human* Being examines Otherkin engagement with the techno-virtuality afforded by the internet—through chat forums, personal blogs, 3D virtual worlds, Facebook, YouTube, Tumblr, Discord, TikTok, and Reddit—troubling conventional notions about our relationships with the virtual and our understandings of the Self. The Otherkin represent a larger shift in body identity, shown by increasing numbers of people identifying as trans, nonbinary, fluid, and neurodiverse; bodies open to nuance, complication, and multiplicity. Devin Proctor closely examines internal community debates about the limits of non-human identity, avatar creation practices in virtual worlds to approximate inner realities, and the policing of identity constructs toward a stable definition of the phenomenon. However anomalistic, even fantastical they may seem, the Otherkin offer a window into our own complex notions of bodies, Selves, and technologies.

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À propos de l'auteur

Devin Proctor is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Elon University. He explores digital culture, identity construction, and new media.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lever Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1643151037
• ISBN 13: 9781643151038
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 258
• Coordonnées du fabricant: JOSSEY-BASS; https://www.wiley.com/en-us; ; 111 River Street; Hoboken; NJ; 7030; Etats-Unis
• Personne responsable: non disponible