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Queer game studies / Bonnie Ruberg and Adrienne Shaw, editors.
Van Pelt Library GV1469.17.S63 Q44 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Video games.
- Games--Social aspects.
- Games.
- Gender identity.
- Gay people.
- Queer theory.
- Electronic games.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- Electronic games.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 295 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- Video games have developed into a rich, growing field at many top universities, but they have rarely been considered from a queer perspective. Queer Game Studies provides a welcome corrective, demonstrating the centrality of LGBTO issues to the gamer world and revealing the diverse, underappreciated communities that make, play, and study queer games. These in-depth, wide-ranging, and accessible essays use queerness to challenge dominant ideas in gaming discussions and culture, where sexism and discrimination often steal the spotlight. Perfect for both everyday readers and instructors. Queer Game Studies is the ideal introduction to the vast and vibrant realm of queer gaming. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part I Defining Queerness in Games
- 1 What Is Queerness in Games, Anyway? / Naomi Clark Clark, Naomi 3
- 2 Queergaming / Edmond Y. Chang Chang, Edmond Y. 15
- 3 Queer Theory, the Body, and Video Games / Derek A. Burrill Burrill, Derek A. 25
- 4 Queering Games History: Complexities, Chaos, and Community / Zoya Street Street, Zoya 35
- Part II Queering Game Play and Design
- 5 Ending the Cycle: Developing a Board Game to Engage People in Social Justice Issues / Peter Wonica Wonica, Peter 45
- 6 Playing Outside / Leigh Alexander Alexander, Leigh 55
- 7 Building a Queer Mythology / Hanna Brady Brady, Hanna 63
- 8 For Play? Literary Ludics and Sexual Politics / Aubrey Gabel Gabel, Aubrey 69
- 9 Play and Be Real about It: What Games Could Learn from Kink / Mattie Brice Brice, Mattie 77
- 10 Queering the Snapshot: Ambient Mobile Play / Larissa Hjorth Hjorth, Larissa, Kim D'amazing D'amazing, Kim 83
- Part III Reading Games Queerly
- 11 On "FeministWhorePurna" and the Ludo-material Politics of Gendered Damage Power-ups in Open-World RPG Video Games / Robert Yang Yang, Robert 97
- 12 Welcome to My Fantasy Zone: Bayonetta and Queer Femme Disturbance / Amanda Phillips Phillips, Amanda 109
- 13 Role-Play as Queer Lens: How "ClosetShep" Changed My Vision of Mass Effect / Todd Harper Harper, Todd 125
- 14 Queer(ing) Gaming Technologies: Thinking on Constructions of Normativity Inscribed in Digital Gaming Hardware / Gregory L. Bagnall Bagnall, Gregory L. 135
- 15 On Gone Home / Merritt Kopas Kopas, Merritt 145
- Part IV Queer Failures in Games
- 16 The Trouble with Communities / Adrienne Shaw Shaw, Adrienne 153
- 17 "Play Like a Girl": Gender Expression, Sexual Identity, and Complex Expectations in a Female-Oriented Gaming Community / Gabriela T. Richard Richard, Gabriela T. 163
- 18 The Nightmare Is Over / Katherine Cross Cross, Katherine 179
- 19 Queer Gaming: Gaming, Hacking, and Going Turbo / Jack Halberstam Halberstam, Jack 187
- 20 The Arts of Failure: Jack Halberstam in Conversation with Jesper Juul Moderated / Bonnie Ruberg Ruberg, Bonnie 201
- 21 "I Wouldn't Even Know the Real Me Myself": Queering Failure in Metal Gear Solid 2 / Jordan Youngblood Youngblood, Jordan 211
- Part V Queer Futures for Games
- 22 If Queer Children Were a Video Game / Kathryn Bond Stockton Stockton, Kathryn Bond 225
- 23 Queer Growth in Video Games / Christopher Goetz Goetz, Christopher 239
- 24 Finding the Queerness in Games / Colleen Macklin Macklin, Colleen 249
- 25 Organizing New Approaches to Games: An Interview with Chelsea Howe, Toni Rocca, and Sarah Schoemann Moderated / Bonnie Ruberg Ruberg, Bonnie 259
- 26 Forty-Eight-Hour Utopia: On Hope and the Future of Queerness in Games / Bonnie Ruberg Ruberg, Bonnie 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Queer game studies.
- ISBN:
- 9781517900366
- 1517900360
- 9781517900373
- 1517900379
- OCLC:
- 961923744
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