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Games Girls Play - Contexts of Girls and Video Games

English · Paperback / Softback

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This book examines the role that video games play in girls' lives, including how games structure girls' leisure time, how playing video games constitutes different performances of femininity, and what influences girls to play or not play video games, as well as the discourses surrounding girls and video games.

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Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Games for Girls: The Marketing of Girls' Video Games
Chapter 3: Killing Time: Dynamics of Girls and Video Games
Chapter 4: Video Games at Home
Chapter 5: Girls Change the Game
Chapter 6: Teaching Girls Video Game Design
Chapter 7: The Future of Girls and Video Games
Appendix 1: Interview Subjects
Appendix 2: Focus Group Subjects
References
Index
About the Author

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Carolyn M. Cunningham is associate professor in the Communication and Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University.

Summary

This book examines the role that video games play in girls’ lives, including how games structure girls’ leisure time, how playing video games constitutes different performances of femininity, and what influences girls to play or not play video games, as well as the discourses surrounding girls and video games.

Product details

Authors Carolyn M Cunningham, Carolyn M. Cunningham
Publisher Lexington Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 06.07.2020
 
EAN 9781498554589
ISBN 978-1-4985-5458-9
No. of pages 190
Series Studies in New Media
Subject Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries

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