Social exclusion, power and video game play : new research in digital media and technology / / edited by David G. Embrick, J. Talmadge Wright, and Andras Lukacs

• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 794.8
• Soggetto topico: Video games - Social aspects; Fantasy games - Social aspects; Role playing - Social aspects; Leisure - Social aspects
• Classificazione: SOC022000GAM010000GAM013000SOC052000TEC052000TEC041000
• Altri autori: EmbrickDavid G WrightJ. Talmadge LukacsAndras
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Realm ; ConclusionIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Social exclusion, power and video game play
• ISBN: 1-280-66632-3; 9786613643254; 0-7391-3862-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824141703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II