Code: 04923112

Virtual America

Name: Virtual America
Brand: University of Nebraska Press
SKU: 04923112
Price: 29.41 EUR
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by John Opie

Language: English
Binding: Hardback
Number of pages: 280
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 2008
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Book synopsis

"Virtual America" traces the complex relationship between Americans, technology, and their environment as it has unfolded over the past several centuries. Throughout history Americans have constructed mental pictures of unique places, such as the American West, that have taken on more authority than the actual gritty landscapes. This disconnect from reality is magnified by the new world of virtual realities on the computer screen, where personal immersion in interactive simulations becomes the "default" environment. "Virtual America" identifies the connections (or lack thereof) between individuals, an American identity, and the geography "out there". John Opie examines what he calls First Nature (the natural world), Second Nature (metropolitan infrastructure/built environment), and Third Nature (virtual reality in cyberspace). He also explores how Americans have historically dreamed about a better life in daily, ordinary existence and then fulfilled it through the Engineered America of the built environment, the Consumer America of material well-being, and the Triumphal America of the conviction that Americans are the world's exceptional model. But these dream worlds have also encouraged placelessness and thus indifference to dwelling in home ground. Finally, Opie explores Last Nature (a sense of place) and argues that when we identify an authentic place, we can locate authenticity of self - a reification of place and self - by their connectedness.