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"We divide this book into three major sections that address major issues of social exclusion, power and liberatory fantasies in virtual play. The first section, social-psychological implications of virtual gameplay, highlights recent research that examines how the virtual realms of MMORPGs and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Embrick, David G., Wright, J. Talmadge, Lukács, András
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, c2012.
Temas:
Video games > Social aspects.
Fantasy games > Social aspects.
Role playing > Social aspects.
Leisure > Social aspects.
Jeux vidéo > Aspect social.
Jeu de rôle > Aspect social.
Loisirs > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
GAMES / Role Playing & Fantasy.
GAMES / Video & Electronic.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Telecommunications.
Fantasy games > Social aspects
Leisure > Social aspects
Role playing > Social aspects
Video games > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Social-Psychological Implications of Virtual Play: 1. Marking the Territory: Grand Theft Auto IV as a Playground for Masculinity / Elena Bertozzi; 2. Discursive Engagements in World of Warcraft: A Semiotic Analysis of Player Relationships / Elizabeth Erkenbrack; 3. The Intermediate Ego: The Location of the Mind at Play / Vanessa Long; 4. Producing Place and Play in Virtual Game Spaces / J. Talmadge Wright-- Part II. Social Inequalities in Video Game Spaces: Race, Gender, and Virtual Play: 5. Racism in Video Gaming: Connecting Extremist and Mainstream Expressions of White Supremacy / Jessie Daniels and Nick LaLone; 6. Worlds of Whiteness: Race and Character Creation in Online Games / David Dietrich; 7. Gendered Pleasures: The Wii, Embodiment and Technological Desire / Adrienne L. Massanari; 8. Sincere Fictions of Whiteness in Virtual Worlds: How Fantasy Massively Multiplayer Online Games Perpetuate Color-blind, White Supremacist Ideology / Joel Ritsema and Bhoomi K. Thakore; 9. The Goddess Paradox: Hyper-resonance Shaping Gender Experiences in MMORPGs / Zek Cypress Valkyrie
  • Part III. Game Fans Speak Out: 10. World of Warcraft and "the World of Science": Ludic Play in an Online Affinity Space / Sean C. Duncan; 11. Cosmo-Play: Japanese Videogames and Western Gamers / Mia Consalvo; 12. Beyond the Virtual Realm: Beyond the Virtual Realm: Fallout Fans and the Troublesome Issue of Ownership in Videogame Fandom / R.M. Milner
  • Conclusion: apocalyptic fantasies and utopic dreams untold: where do we go from here? / Andras Lukacs, David G. Embrick, and J. Talmadge Wright.

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