Manifestations of Queerness in Video Games (Hardcover)

Gaspard Pelurson

Series: Routledge Advances in Game Studies

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Taking the reader on a journey through queer manifestations in games, this book advocates for video games as a rich, political and cultural medium, which provides us with tools to navigate the future of gaming. Situated at the intersection of New Media, Game, Cultural and Queer Studies, the book navigates diverse interspecies relationships, queer villains from the past, Pokemon memes on border politics, flanerie in post-industrial cities and one-sided erotic fights. It provides new critical engagements with the works of Jose Esteban Munoz, Bonnie Ruberg, Guy Debord and Jack Halberstam, examining queer representation, gaming subcultures and dissident play practices. Making the bold claim that video games might be the queerest medium today, this book provides organic, self-reflective and, ultimately, thought-provoking thinking in which both games and gamers are queered. This book will be of interest to scholars researching game studies, sex, gender and sexuality in new media, but also readers interested in literature, digital media, society, participatory culture and queer studies.

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Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Advances in Game Studies
Release date:	July 2022
First published:	2023
Authors:	Gaspard Pelurson
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	118
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-90064-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Computing & IT > Internet > General Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Virtual reality Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gay & Lesbian studies > General Promotions
LSN:	0-367-90064-5
Barcode:	9780367900649