Women and Second Life

<p> This collection of new essays explores issues of identity work and play in the virtual world of <I>Second Life</I> (SL). Fourteen women discuss their experiences. Topics include teaching in <I>Second Life</I> becoming an SL journalist and using SL as a means to bring human rights to health care; exploring issues of identity and gender such as performing the role of digital geisha playing with gender crossing or determining how identity is formed virtually; examining how race is perceived; and investigating creativity such as poetry writing or quilting.</p><p> The text is unique in that it represents only women and their experiences in a world that is most often viewed as a man's world.</p>