00474nam 2200157z- 450 9910689933703321(CKB)5470000002333917(EXLCZ)99547000000233391720230503cuuuuuuuu -u- -engSolar energy (United States. Superintendent of Documents)Solar energy DOCUMENT9910689933703321Solar energy (United States. Superintendent of Documents)3142858UNINA02770nam 2200613 a 450 991096252960332120251117065645.01-315-58056-X1-317-14065-61-317-14064-81-283-12870-597866131287060-7546-9940-4(CKB)2670000000083785(EBL)711350(OCoLC)732959036(SSID)ssj0000536398(PQKBManifestationID)12200818(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536398(PQKBWorkID)10549397(PQKB)11723239(Au-PeEL)EBL711350(CaPaEBR)ebr10470864(CaONFJC)MIL919095(MiAaPQ)EBC711350(EXLCZ)99267000000008378520110325d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEthnographies of the videogame gender, narrative and praxis /Helen Thornham1st ed.Farnham, Surrey, England ;Burlington, Vt. Ashgatec20111 online resource (218 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7546-7978-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; 1 Introductions: Videogames, Gender, Ethnography; 2 Constructing a Gendered Gaming Identity; 3 Articulating Pleasure: Gender, Technology and Power; 4 The Practices of Gameplay; 5 Bodies and Action; 6 Pleasure and the Imagined Gamer; 7 Conclusions: Towards a Theory of Domestic Videogaming; Appendix 1: Index and Statistics of Houses and Household Members; Appendix 2: Index of Interviews; Bibliography; IndexEthnographies of the Videogame uses the medium of the videogame to explore wider significant sociological issues around new media, interaction, identity, performance, memory and mediation. The book is particularly concerned with issues of agency and power, identifying strong correlations between perceptions of gaming and actual gaming practices, as well as the reinforcement, through gaming, of established power relationships within households. Thornham provides pertinent and reflexive commentary highlighting the relationships of gender and power in gaming practice.Video gamesVideo gamesSocial aspectsVideo games.Video gamesSocial aspects.306.4/87Thornham Helen476466MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962529603321Ethnographies of the videogame244377UNINA