Derek A. Burrill

Die Tryin'

Videogames, Masculinity, Culture

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Die Tryin' traces the cultural connections between videogames, masculinity, and digital culture. It fuses feminist, psychoanalytic, Marxist, and poststructuralist theory to analyze the social imaginary that is produced by - and produces - a particular form of masculinity: boyhood. The author asserts that digital culture is a culturally and historically situated series of practices, products, and performances, all coalescing to produce a real and imagined masculinity that exists in perpetual adolescence, and is reflective of larger masculine edifices at work in politics and culture. Thus, videogames form the central object of study as consumer… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-4331-0242-4
EAN: 9781433102424
Produktnummer: 19038516
Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 169 S.
Masse: H15.8 cm x B23.6 cm x D1.7 cm 466 g
Auflage: New ed
Gewicht: 466
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

The Author: Derek A. Burrill received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis and is currently Assistant Professor of Media Studies in the Department of Dance at the University of California, Riverside. His work has appeared in Modern Drama, Social Semiotics, Text Technology, and in several anthologies.