Skinning the Virtual in Contemporary Performance
Identity Boundaries in the Metaverse
Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology;
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Product details:
- Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland
- Date of Publication 12 August 2026
- ISBN 9783032260338
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages252 pages
- Size 210x148 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations XIV, 252 p. 21 illus. 700
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Long description:
This book investigates the way that multiple layers and authors of representation are present in the act of modern skinning. These acts are not simple choices by game users or even the game authors directly. Rather, skinning emerges from the chaos of coding and motion capture, a necessity rather than a carefully considered performance. Without an examination of who is creating these images and why, we get only the view of the final user, leading to unintended performances that reify or impose gendered and racialized performances. Through interrogation of virtual platforms in video games, virtual reality, and performance, this book provides a framework for understanding the choices we are asked to make when taking on a virtual skin within a virtual space.
MoreTable of Contents:
Introduction: Skinning Defined.- Chapter 1: The Historical Evolution of the Avatar.- Chapter 2: User-Created Skinning.- Chapter 3: Avatars, NPCs, and Skinned Performance.- Chapter 4: The Skinning of Surveillance.- Chapter 5: The Skinning of AI.- Chapter 6: The Skinning of the Past.- Chapter 7: The Skinning of the World.- Chapter 8: Transgressive Performance of Skinning: Beyond the Barrier.- Chapter 9: Skinning and Permissions.- Conclusion.
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