Children, gender, video games : towards a relational approach to multimedia

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Title:

Author:

Walkerdine, Valerie.

ISBN:

9780230584716

Personal Author:

Walkerdine, Valerie.

Publication Information:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, c2007.

Physical Description:

v, 235 p. ; 22 cm.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Video game research -- Video games and childhood masculinity -- 'Remember not to die' : girls playing video games -- Rethinking violence -- Regulating game play : 'clingy, sooky mummy's boys' and other personas -- Video games in a global market -- Becoming a player -- Playing the game -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Subject Term:

Video games and children.

Video games -- Social aspects.

Video games -- Psychological aspects.

Video games -- Psychological aspects -- Sex differences.

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Summary

Placing gender at the centre of the debate about young children and multimedia, particularly video games, the book develops a relational approach to game play using an account of affect. The book explores central issues of violence and parental regulation and argues that economic relations are not remote from the micro relations of playing.