{"product_id":"9781433138287","title":"Avatar, Assembled","description":"Avatar, Assembled is a curated volume that unpacks videogame and virtual world avatars—not as a monolithic phenomenon (as they are usually framed) but as sociotechnical assemblages, pieced together from social (human-like) features like voice and gesture to technical (machine-like) features like graphics and glitches. Each chapter accounts for the empirical, theoretical, technical, and popular understandings of these avatar \"components\"—60 in total—altogether offering a nuanced explication of avatars-as-assemblages as they matter in contemporary society and in individual experience. The volume is a \"crossover\" piece in that, while it delves into complex ideas, it is written in a way that will be accessible and interesting to students, researchers, designers, and practitioners alike.","brand":"Jaime Banks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47833816400190,"sku":"9781433138287","price":3339.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781433138287_87ae21a0-0748-4de0-8402-6b74d9001be5.jpg?v=1707456515","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781433138287","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}