digital futures of literature, theory, criticism, and the arts

cultural studies

Mary Flanagan’s response (excerpt)

Jesper Juul’s response

Communities of Play: The Social Construction of Identity in Persistent Online Game Worlds

Celia Pearce applies the logics of identity politics, diaspora studies, and cultural studies to an online gaming community.

The Cybernetic Turn: Literary into Cultural Criticism

Joseph Tabbi reviews the essay collection Simulacrum America.

Resistance Through Hypertext: ACTing UP in the Electronic Classroom

sokal text: another funny thing happened on the way to the forum

Joe Amato on the Social Text controversy.