Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat
New Perspectives on Gender and Gaming
Ten years after the groundbreaking From Barbie to Mortal Kombat highlighted the ways gender stereotyping and related social and economic issues permeate digital game play, the number of women and girl gamers has risen considerably. Despite this, gender disparities remain in gaming. Women may be warriors in World of Warcraft, but they are also scantily clad booth babes whose sex appeal is used to promote games at trade shows. Player-generated content has revolutionized gaming, but few games marketed to girls allow modding (game modifications made by players). Gender equity, the contributors to Beyond Barbie and Mortal Kombat argue, requires mo…
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Weitere Autoren: Heeter, Carrie (Hrsg.) / Denner, Jill (Senior Research Scientist, ETR Associates) (Hrsg.) / Sun, Jennifer Y. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-262-51606-8
- EAN: 9780262516068
- Produktnummer: 10718801
- Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 398 S.
- Masse: H22.4 cm x B17.0 cm x D1.6 cm 672 g
- Abbildungen: 36 color illus., 42 b 78 Illustrations, unspecified
- Gewicht: 672
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
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