Gaming Representation - Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games (Hardcover)

Recent years have seen an increase in public attention to identity and representation in video games, including journalists and bloggers holding the digital game industry accountable for the discrimination routinely endured by female gamers, queer gamers, and gamers of color. Video game developers are responding to these critiques, but scholarly discussion of representation in games has lagged far behind. Gaming Representation examines portrayals of race, gender, and sexuality in a range of games, from casuals like Diner Dash, to indies like Journey and The Binding of Isaac, to mainstream games from the Grand Theft Auto, BioShock, Spec Ops, The Last of Us, and Max Payne franchises. Arguing that representation and identity function as systems in games that share a stronger connection to code and platforms than it may first appear, the contributors to this volume push gaming scholarship to new levels of inquiry, theorizing, and imagination.

General

Imprint:	Indiana University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Digital Game Studies
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Jennifer Malkowski • TreaAndrea M. Russworm
Contributors:	Anna Everett • Braxton Soderman • Jennifer Dewinter • Carly Kocurek • Nina B. Huntemann • Gabrielle Trepanier-Jobin • Irene Chien • Soraya Murray
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Paper over boards
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-0-253-02573-9
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Computer software packages > Computer games Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General
LSN:	0-253-02573-7
Barcode:	9780253025739

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!