Feminism in Play: (Palgrave Games in Context 1st ed. 2018)
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Feminism in Play: (Palgrave Games in Context 1st ed. 2018)

Feminism in Play: (Palgrave Games in Context 1st ed. 2018)

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Kishonna L. Gray (Contributor) Gerald Voorhees (Contributor) Emma Vossen (Contributor)  

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Feminism in Play focuses on women as they are depicted in video games, as participants in games culture, and as contributors to the games industry. This volume showcases women's resistance to the norms of games culture, as well as women's play and creative practices both in and around the games industry. Contributors analyze the interconnections between games and the broader societal and structural issues impeding the successful inclusion of women in games and games culture. In offering this framework, this volume provides a platform to the silenced and marginalized, offering counter-narratives to the post-racial and post-gendered fantasies that so often obscure the violent context of production and consumption of games culture. 21 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XVI, 271 p. 22 illus., 21 illus. in color.
Kishonna L. Gray is an assistant professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. She is also a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, USA.Gerald Voorhees is Assistant Professor of Digital Culture and Communication in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His research is on games and new media as sites for the construction and contestation of identity and culture. Emma Vossen is an award-winning public speaker and writer with a PhD from the University of Waterloo, Canada. She served as Editor-in-Chief of game studies publication First Person Scholar and her research about gender and games was the focus of a nationally broadcast CBC Radio documentary.
  • Contributor: Kishonna L. Gray
  • Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
  • ISBN13: 9783319905389
  • Number of Pages: 271
  • Packaged Dimensions: 155x235mm
  • Packaged Weight: 454
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Release Date: 2018-10-10
  • Series: Palgrave Games in Context
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Kishonna L. Gray is an assistant professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA. She is also a faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, USA.Gerald Voorhees is Assistant Professor of Digital Culture and Communication in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo, Canada. His research is on games and new media as sites for the construction and contestation of identity and culture. Emma Vossen is an award-winning public speaker and writer with a PhD from the University of Waterloo, Canada. She served as Editor-in-Chief of game studies publication First Person Scholar and her research about gender and games was the focus of a nationally broadcast CBC Radio documentary.

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