Social exclusion, power and video game play : new research in digital media and technology / edited by David G. Embrick, J. Talmadge Wright, and Andras Lukacs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Embrick, David G.

Wright, J. Talmadge.

Lukács, András.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Fantasy games--Social aspects.

Fantasy games.

Role playing--Social aspects.

Role playing.

Leisure--Social aspects.

Leisure.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book represents cutting-edge research that addresses major issues of social exclusion, power and liberatory fantasies in virtual play. Specifically, the scope of the book examines three areas of concern: social psychological implications of virtual gameplay; reproduction and contestation of social inequality in virtual realms.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Social-Psychological Implications of Virtual Play; 1 Marking the Territory; 2 Discursive Engagements in World of Warcraft; 3 The Intermediate Ego; 4 Producing Place and Play in Virtual Game Spaces; Part II: Social Inequalities in Video Game Spaces: Race, Gender, and Virtual Play; 5 Racism in Video Gaming; 6 Worlds of Whiteness; 7 Gendered Pleasures; 8 Sincere Fictions of Whiteness in Virtual Worlds; 9 The Goddess Paradox; Part III: Game Fans Speak Out; 10 World of Warcraft and "the World of Science"; 11 Cosmo-Play; 12 Beyond the Virtual Realm

ConclusionIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-24437-0

1-280-66632-3

9786613643254

0-7391-3862-6

OCLC:

845243715