Ready player Juan : Latinx masculinities and stereotypes in video games / Carlos Gabriel Kelly González.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelly González, Carlos Gabriel, 1986- author.

Series:

Latinx pop culture.

Latinx Pop Culture Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hispanic Americans in video games.

Masculinity in video games.

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Through U.S. Latinx studies-via border and performance studies-this book theorizes borderlands and Latinx lived experience to challenge the designed identity, Player Juan and establish video games as border crossings to reexamine how we study/think about video games. This book posits new ways of seeing and experiencing Action-Adventure games through identifying new theoretical approaches that build a conversation with multiple disciplines, such as gender studies, media studies, cultural studies, ethnic studies, and more"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Mi Vida Fronteriza: Video Games as Borders

1. Fronterizo Gaming and the Not-So-Radical Presence of Latinxs in AAA Games

2. Donning the Mask: Narrative Focalizer and Latinx Erasure in Transmedial Spider-Person Stories

3. Performing Latinx Criminality in Life Is Strange 2

Coda. El Futuro es Pixelado: Latinx Gaming Futurities

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816552306

0-8165-5230-4

OCLC:

1366102881