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Queer Game Studies
Bonnnie Ruberg
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Description for Queer Game Studies
Paperback. Editor(s): Ruberg, Bonnie; Shaw, Adrienne. Num Pages: 336 pages, 11. BIC Classification: UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .
Video games have developed into a rich, growing field at many top universities, but they have rarely been considered from a queer perspective. Immersion in new worlds, video games seem to offer the perfect opportunity to explore the alterity that queer culture longs for, but often sexism and discrimination in gamer culture steal the spotlight. Queer Game Studies provides a welcome corrective, revealing the capacious albeit underappreciated communities that are making, playing, and studying queer games.These in-depth, diverse, and accessible essays use queerness to challenge the ideas that have dominated gaming discussions. Demonstrating the centrality of LGBTQ issues to the ... Read more
Video games have developed into a rich, growing field at many top universities, but they have rarely been considered from a queer perspective. Immersion in new worlds, video games seem to offer the perfect opportunity to explore the alterity that queer culture longs for, but often sexism and discrimination in gamer culture steal the spotlight. Queer Game Studies provides a welcome corrective, revealing the capacious albeit underappreciated communities that are making, playing, and studying queer games.These in-depth, diverse, and accessible essays use queerness to challenge the ideas that have dominated gaming discussions. Demonstrating the centrality of LGBTQ issues to the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9781517900373
SKU
V9781517900373
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99-1
About Bonnnie Ruberg
Bonnie Ruberg is Provost's Postdoctoral Scholar in the Interactive Media and Games division at the University of Southern California and assistant professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine. The lead organizer of the Queerness and Games conference, she has written for The Village Voice, The Economist, and Wired. Adrienne Shaw is assistant ... Read more
Reviews for Queer Game Studies
Queer theory and video games might be considered by some to be an odd combination. But this anthology showcases both the interesting areas where the two fields overlap and explorations of the areas where there is tension. There is much to create and critique in these spaces and Queer Game Studies provides a broad entryway into these ongoing discussions. -Lambda ... Read more