Playing with the Guys

Masculinity and Relationships in Video Games
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4766-7139-0
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 227 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 412 g

Reihe: Studies in Gaming

A lot of work has been done talking about what masculinity is and what it does within video games, but less has been given to considering how and why this happens, and the processes involved. This book considers the array of daily relationships involved in producing masculinity and how those actions and relationships translate to video games. Moreover, it examines the ways the actual play of the games maps onto the stories to create contradictory moments that show that, while toxic masculinity certainly exists, it is far from inevitable. Topics covered include the nature of masculine apprenticeship and nurturing, labor, fatherhood, the scapegoating of women, and reckoning with mortality, among many others.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ouellette, Marc A.

Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Hobbies & Spiele
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Digital Lifestyle Computerspiele, Internetspiele
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Marc A. Ouellette teaches cultural and gender studies at Old Dominion University. He is an award-winning educator and is the Learning Games Initiative Research Fellow.

Matthew Wilhelm Kapell teaches American studies and humanities at Pace University and lives in Brooklyn.