How do transgender people present themselves and how does Social Virtual Reality provide an immersive experience that not only allows you to choose an avatar of any gender, but also to immerse yourself in it? Matthias Lenz analyses the media dispositive of the Social VR platform VRChat, which allows a great deal of freedom in terms of avatar design. He analyses how transgender people present themselves in the virtual world and construct their gender. Through narrative interviews with experienced users aged between 18 and 25, he makes their perspectives tangible and their hopes, desires, problems, gender euphoria and gender dysphoria understandable. The result is a comprehensive and complex picture of virtual safe(r) spaces.
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Edition
1/2024
Copyright year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-3-8288-5176-4
ISBN-Online
978-3-8288-5177-1
Publisher
Tectum, Baden-Baden
Series
Young Academics: Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft
Volume
4
Language
English
Pages
144
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Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XVIII
1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
2 Social Construct of Gender, Gender Identity & Expression No access Pages 5 - 14
3.1 Issues Transgender People face in Real Life No access
3.2 Reflection on Transgender Issues No access
4 Performing ourselves and Gender Performativity No access Pages 41 - 56
5 Introduction to Social Virtual Reality and VRChat No access Pages 57 - 60
6.1 Poll: What gender do you identify as? No access
6.2 Narrative Interviews No access
6.3 From Interviews to Reality Narration No access
7.1 (Trans)Gender Identity in VRChat No access
7.2 Transgender people presenting in VRChat No access
7.3 VRChat as a safe space No access
8 Conclusion No access Pages 127 - 132
References No access Pages 133 - 142
Appendix. Interview Transcripts No access Pages 143 - 144
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