Queerness in Play

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Harper, Todd (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Adams, Meghan Blythe (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Taylor, Nicholas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Games in Context
• Θέματα: Culture-Study and teaching.; Culture.; Technology.; Gender.; Digital media.; Communication.; Popular Culture.; Popular Science in Cultural and Media Studies.; Culture and Technology.; Culture and Gender.; Digital/New Media.; Media and Communication.; Popular Culture .

Queerness in Play examines the many ways queerness of all kinds-from queer as 'LGBT' to other, less well-covered aspects of the queer spectrum-intersects with games and the social contexts of play. The current unprecedented visibility of queer creators and content comes at a high tide of r...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Queer Game Studies: Young But Not New (Todd Harper, Meghan Blythe Adams, and Nicholas Taylor)
• Part 1: Queer Foundations
• 2. Queer(ing) Game Studies: Reviewing Research on Digital Play and Non-normativity (Sarah Evans)
• 3. Envisioning Queer Game Studies: Ludology and the Study of Queer Game Content (Evan W. Lauteria)
• Part 2: Representing Queerness
• 4. The Representation (or the Lack of It) of Same-sex Relationships in Digital Games (Yowei Kang and Kenneth C. C. Yang)
• 5. Affliction or Affection: The Inclusion of a Same-sex Relationship in The Last of Us (Daniel Sipocz)
• 6. What if Zelda Wasn't a Girl? Problematizing Ocarina of Time's Great Gender Debate (Chris Lawrence)
• 7. Maidens and Muscleheads, White Mages and Wimps, From the Light Warriors to Lightning Returns (Mark Filipowich)
• 8. The Big Reveal: Exploring (Trans)Femininity In Metroid (Evelyn Deshane and R. Travis Morton)
• 9. Bye, Bye, Birdo: Heroic Androgyny and Villainous Gender Variance in Video Games (Meghan Blythe Adams)
• Part 3: Un-Gendering Assemblages
• 10. Cues for Queer Play: Carving a Possibility Space for LGBTQ Role-Play (Tanja Sihvonen and Jaakko Stenros)
• 11. 'Sexified' Male Characters: Video Game Erotic Modding for Pleasure and Power (Nathan Thompson).-12. Let's Come Out! On Gender and Sexuality, Encouraging Dialogue and Acceptance (Maresa Bertolo, Ilaria Mariani, and Clara Gargano)
• Part 4: No Fear of a Queer Planet: Gaming and Social Futures
• 13. Outside the Lanes: Supporting a Non-normative League of Legends Community (Nick Taylor and Randall Hammond).-14. The Abject Scapegoat: Boundary Erosion and Maintenance in League of Legends (Elyse Janish)
• 15. Out on Proudmoore: Climate Issues on an MMO (Carol A. Stabile and Laura Strait).