Theorising Identities in Digital Space: Filters, Avatars and Evolving Ludic Cultures | Chapter 6 | Digital Crossroads: Integrating Humanities, Science and Technology Edition 1

Technological proliferation and its rapid intersections with virtual and real are transforming our understanding of the body in digital spaces. The body in digital space is no longer a mere simulation or representation of the physical body but rather a distinct form of embodiment shaped by the mediated affordances of digital technology. The continued alterations in this understanding have critical implications for the issues of identity and agency. Shaped by this context, the paper situates digital identity as a fluid and context-dependent construct, highlighting the importance of continually negotiating and renegotiating one’s identity in response to changing prospects of ‘filter culture’.

The qualitative study is rooted in the vogue of avatars of Metaverse, Instagram and Snapchat filters, which equip individuals to derive a digital persona skewed out of their physicality.

By examining the patterns of interaction that shape and are shaped by digital identities, the paper aims to theorise spatial performativity - how spaces are actively created, shaped, and given meaning through performative actions. The paper also traces how technocultural determinism - the notion that technological advancements shape and determine cultural practices, societal structures, and human behaviour, sets body and identity apart in terms of digital cues of self. The insights into glocalisation and the malleable nature of digital identities lead to theorising ‘exportable’, ‘replayable’ and ‘remouldable’ bodies.

 

Author (s) Details

 

Jorlin Jose
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

 

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The Performance of Gender and Race in James McBride’s The Good Lord Bird | Chapter 8 | Modern Perspectives in Language, Literature and Education Vol. 6

 Gender transitioning and Onion's performance are shown as fluid and open in The Good Lord Bird. Throughout the narrative, there are themes of performance, mobility, and perpetual change. The dramatic storey is fueled by racial and gender tensions, as well as the ways in which associated identities are experienced and performed. The current study looks at race-related issues such as performativity and identification; in Onion's storey, these components of identity influence a certain kind of perception of a social and geographical condition that necessitates subversion. McBride produces a compelling piece with modern resonances through humour and sarcasm. The novel's drama is built on principles of performativity and identity, as well as the understanding symbolised by the "Good Lord" bird in the storey. McBride developed the book for a modern audience, anticipating that they would be aware of topics such as racial performance and identity. In some ways, McBride's uncommon literary representation of a self-identified guy who inhabits a female performed identity throughout the work might be read as a satire on the absurdity of a binary racial categorization system that has been in use since the slave trade. The current work investigates the diversity and hybridity of enacted identities in The Good Lord Bird as they relate to understanding, drawing on ideas from Lacan, Butler, and Bhabha.

Author (s) Details

Yuan-Chin Chang
Department of Applied English Studies, China University of Technology, No. 56, Sec. 3, Xinglong Rd., Wunshan District, Taipei City 116, Taiwan.

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