{"product_id":"9783032260338","title":"Skinning the Virtual in Contemporary Performance Identity Boundaries in the Metaverse","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Studies in Performance and Technology\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eSkinning the Virtual in Contemporary Performance\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIdentity Boundaries in the Metaverse\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlicia Corts\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlicia Corts\u003c\/strong\u003e has been teaching theatre and film for twenty years. An accomplished director and media designer, she has worked both nationally and internationally. An active researcher, Dr. Corts is primarily interested in performance in virtual spaces, specifically how identity and gender issues are regulated by online performance spaces. She is also one of the primary investigators on the Kutiyattam Project, an effort to bring the experience of this ancient Indian performance form into virtual reality. She has been published in \u003cem\u003eTheatre Journal, Ecumenica, notches, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eRebus\u003c\/em\u003e as well as authoring a number of book chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 August 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032260338\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47191935713420,"sku":"9783032260338","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032260338.jpg?v=1781059616","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032260338","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}