Chess, Shira,

Play like a feminist / Shira Chess. - 1 PDF.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- On Thinking Playfully -- Who This Book Is For -- A Note about Feminism -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Feminism and Why Play? -- 1 Playing like a Girl -- 2 PWNing Leisure -- 3 Play to Protest -- 4 Gaming Feminism -- 5 Gaming in Circles -- Conclusion: Play More -- Appendix: Blueprint for Starting Your Own Gaming Circle -- Notes -- Index

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An important new voice provides a riveting look at why video games need feminism and why all of us should make space for more play in our lives. "You play like a girl": it's meant to be an insult, accusing a player of subpar, un-fun playing. If you're a girl, and you grow up, do you "play like a woman"--whatever that means' In this provocative and enlightening book, Shira Chess urges us to play like feminists. Furthermore, she urges us to play video games like feminists. Playing like a feminist is empowering and disruptive; it exceeds the boundaries of gender yet still advocates for gender equality. Feminism need video games as much as video games need feminism.




Mode of access: World Wide Web

9780262360432

10.7551/mitpress/12484.001.0001 doi

EB00811268 Recorded Books


Feminism and video games.
Women video gamers.
Video games--Social aspects.
Women--Recreation--Social aspects.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

GV1469.34.F46 / C54 2020eb

794.8082