Description
| Product ID: | 9783319905389 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CH |
| Series: | Palgrave Games in Context |
| Title: | Feminism in Play |
| Authors: | Author: Emma Vossen, Kishonna L. Gray, Gerald Voorhees |
| Page Count: | 271 |
| Subjects: | Cultural studies, Cultural studies, Media studies, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Media studies, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender studies: women |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Contributors analyze the interconnections between games and the broader societal and structural issues impeding the successful inclusion of women in games and games culture. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Publisher Name: | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-10-10 |
