03042nam 2200673Ia 450 991045169640332120200520144314.01-280-66632-397866136432540-7391-3862-6(CKB)2550000000098262(EBL)878260(SSID)ssj0000647667(PQKBManifestationID)12240600(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647667(PQKBWorkID)10596809(PQKB)11158127(MiAaPQ)EBC878260(Au-PeEL)EBL878260(CaPaEBR)ebr10552022(CaONFJC)MIL364325(OCoLC)845243715(EXLCZ)99255000000009826220111215d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSocial exclusion, power and video game play[electronic resource] new research in digital media and technology /edited by David G. Embrick, J. Talmadge Wright, and Andras LukacsLanham, MD Lexington Books20121 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-3861-8 0-7391-3860-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Social-Psychological Implications of Virtual Play; 1 Marking the Territory; 2 Discursive Engagements in World of Warcraft; 3 The Intermediate Ego; 4 Producing Place and Play in Virtual Game Spaces; Part II: Social Inequalities in Video Game Spaces: Race, Gender, and Virtual Play; 5 Racism in Video Gaming; 6 Worlds of Whiteness; 7 Gendered Pleasures; 8 Sincere Fictions of Whiteness in Virtual Worlds; 9 The Goddess Paradox; Part III: Game Fans Speak Out; 10 World of Warcraft and "the World of Science"; 11 Cosmo-Play; 12 Beyond the Virtual RealmConclusionIndexThis book represents cutting-edge research that addresses major issues of social exclusion, power and liberatory fantasies in virtual play. Specifically, the scope of the book examines three areas of concern: social psychological implications of virtual gameplay; reproduction and contestation of social inequality in virtual realms.Video gamesSocial aspectsFantasy gamesSocial aspectsRole playingSocial aspectsLeisureSocial aspectsElectronic books.Video gamesSocial aspects.Fantasy gamesSocial aspects.Role playingSocial aspects.LeisureSocial aspects.794.8Embrick David G871519Wright J. Talmadge871518Lukács András871520MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451696403321Social exclusion, power and video game play2109324UNINA