Full Product Details
Author: Carolyn M. Cunningham, Gonzaga University
Publisher: Lexington Books
Imprint: Lexington Books
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 1.40cm
, Length: 21.80cm
Weight: 0.295kg
ISBN: 9781498554589
ISBN 10: 149855458
Pages: 190
Publication Date: 06 July 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier.
Reviews
A welcome contribution to both girls' studies and game studies. Cunningham offers us a holistic perspective on girls who play and design games and the larger cultural contexts they must navigate while engaging important questions about the broader significance of girls' current and future involvement in digital play. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary girlhood, gaming, and the STEM fields.--Mary Celeste Kearney, University of Notre Dame Wide-ranging and thoroughly researched, Games Girls Play helps us understand how girls make sense of video games that have been designed for and marketed to them. More critically, Cunningham elevates girls' voices by presenting their thoughts in their own words. Games Girls Play is a detailed examination of how commercial game design, discourses about youth and gender, and efforts at promoting gaming literacy create a complex and contradictory cultural terrain that must be negotiated on- and off-screen.--Matthew Thomas Payne, University of Notre Dame
A welcome contribution to both girls’ studies and game studies. Cunningham offers us a holistic perspective on girls who play and design games and the larger cultural contexts they must navigate while engaging important questions about the broader significance of girls’ current and future involvement in digital play. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary girlhood, gaming, and the STEM fields. -- Mary Celeste Kearney, University of Notre Dame Wide-ranging and thoroughly researched, Games Girls Play helps us understand how girls make sense of video games that have been designed for and marketed to them. More critically, Cunningham elevates girls’ voices by presenting their thoughts in their own words. Games Girls Play is a detailed examination of how commercial game design, discourses about youth and gender, and efforts at promoting gaming literacy create a complex and contradictory cultural terrain that must be negotiated on- and off-screen. -- Matthew Thomas Payne, University of Notre Dame
Author Information
Carolyn M. Cunningham is associate professor in the Communication and Leadership Studies Program at Gonzaga University.
