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Gaming Representation - Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games (Hardcover): Jennifer Malkowski, TreaAndrea M. Russworm Gaming Representation - Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games (Hardcover)
Jennifer Malkowski, TreaAndrea M. Russworm; Contributions by Anna Everett, Braxton Soderman, Jennifer Dewinter, …
R2,248 R1,986 Discovery Miles 19 860 Save R262 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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.

On Video Games - The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (Paperback): Soraya Murray On Video Games - The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (Paperback)
Soraya Murray
R744 Discovery Miles 7 440 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Today over half of all American households own a dedicated game console and gaming industry profits trump those of the film industry worldwide. Soraya Murray's insightful study examines issues of gender, race, and space in relation to a range of popular contemporary games. She explores blockbusters including The Last of Us, Metal Gear Solid, Spec Ops: The Line, Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed to show how they are deeply entangled with American ideological positions and contemporary political, cultural and economic conflicts. As quintessential forms of visual material in the twenty-first century, mainstream games both mirror and spur larger societal fears, hopes and dreams, and even address complex struggles for recognition. Murray examines the elaborately constructed characters and densely layered worlds of these popular games, tracing how their social and environmental landscapes reflect ideas about gender, race, globalization, and urban life. In this emerging field of study, Murray provides novel theoretical approaches to discussing games and playable media as culture.

Gaming Representation - Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games (Paperback): Jennifer Malkowski, TreaAndrea M. Russworm Gaming Representation - Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Video Games (Paperback)
Jennifer Malkowski, TreaAndrea M. Russworm; Contributions by Anna Everett, Braxton Soderman, Jennifer Dewinter, …
R981 R871 Discovery Miles 8 710 Save R110 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

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.

On Video Games - The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (Hardcover): Soraya Murray On Video Games - The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space (Hardcover)
Soraya Murray
R3,982 Discovery Miles 39 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Today over half of all American households own a dedicated game console and gaming industry profits trump those of the film industry worldwide. In this book, Soraya Murray moves past the technical discussions of games and offers a fresh and incisive look at their cultural dimensions. She critically explores blockbusters likeThe Last of Us, Metal Gear Solid, Spec Ops: The Line, Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed to show how they are deeply entangled with American ideological positions and contemporary political, cultural and economic conflicts.As quintessential forms of visual material in the twenty-first century, mainstream games both mirror and spur larger societal fears, hopes and dreams, and even address complex struggles for recognition. This book examines both their elaborately constructed characters and densely layered worlds, whose social and environmental landscapes reflect ideas about gender, race, globalisation and urban life. In this emerging field of study, Murray provides novel theoretical approaches to discussing games and playable media as culture. Demonstrating that games are at the frontline of power relations, she reimagines how we see them - and more importantly how we understand them.

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