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Woke Gaming - Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice (Paperback)
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Woke Gaming - Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Injustice (Paperback)
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From #Gamergate to the 2016 election, to the daily experiences of
marginalized perspectives, gaming is entangled with mainstream
cultures of systematic exploitation and oppression. Whether visible
in the persistent color line that shapes the production,
dissemination, and legitimization of dominant stereotypes within
the industry itself, or in the dehumanizing representations often
found within game spaces, many video games perpetuate injustice and
mirror the inequities and violence that permeate society as a
whole. Drawing from groundbreaking research on counter and
oppositional gaming and from popular games such as World of
Warcraft and Tomb Raider, Woke Gaming examines resistance to
problematic spaces of violence, discrimination, and
microaggressions in gaming culture. The contributors of these
essays seek to identify strategies to detox gaming culture and
orient players and gamers toward progressive ends. From Anna
Anthropy's Keep Me Occupied to Momo Pixel's Hair Nah, video games
can reveal the power and potential for marginalized communities to
resist, and otherwise challenge dehumanizing representations inside
and outside of game spaces. In a moment of #MeToo,
#BlackLivesMatter, and efforts to transform current political
realities, Woke Gaming illustrates the power and potential of video
games to foster change and become a catalyst for social justice.
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