Woke gaming digital challenges to oppression and social injustice
Introduction : not a post-racism and post-misogyny promised land : video games as instruments of (in)justice / Kishonna L. Gray and David J. Leonard -- The corporeal ethics of gaming : vulnerability, precarity, bodies and screens / Rob Cover -- Power, violence and the mask : representations of crimi...
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University of Washington Press
2018
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : not a post-racism and post-misogyny promised land : video games as instruments of (in)justice / Kishonna L. Gray and David J. Leonard -- The corporeal ethics of gaming : vulnerability, precarity, bodies and screens / Rob Cover -- Power, violence and the mask : representations of criminal subjectivities in Grand Theft Auto online / Tim Rowlands, Sher Ratnabalasuriar, Melissa Hobart, Kyle Noel, Shaun-Patrick Allen, Briana Reed, and Anthony Gonzales -- "Everyone can make games" and the post-feminist myth of gender equality in gaming culture / Stephanie Orme -- Play smart: social stereotypes, identity building, and counter narratives of gold farmers in China / Zixue Tai and Fengbin Hu -- The sobering reality of sexism in the video games industry / Stanislav Vysotsky and Jennifer Allaway -- The perpetual crusade : rise of the Tomb Raider (2015), religious extremism, and the problem of empire / Kristin Bezio -- Nancy Drew and the case of the girl gamers / Andrea Braithwaite -- The horrors of transcendent knowledge : a feminist-epistemological approach to video games / Stephanie Jennings -- Playing with pride: claiming space through community building in World of Warcraft / Karen Skardzius -- Managing online game communities : lesson from past attempts, players' experiences and workplace strategies / Amanda Cote -- The Legends of Zelda : fan challenges to dominant video game narratives / Kathryn Hemmann -- Avatars, addressing racism and racialized address / Robbie Fordyce, Tim Neale, and Tom Apperley -- Activism, awareness, and sympathy in video games / Taylor Barkley and Kira Fogleson -- DiscrimiNation : a persuasive board game to challenge discriminatory justifications and prejudices / Maresa Bertolo, Ilaria Mariani, and Eleonora A. Conti |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | XIII, 306 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780295744186 978-0-295-74418-6 9780295744179 978-0-295-74417-9 |