Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live : Theoretical Perspectives from the Virtual Margins.
Gray, Kishonna L.
Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live : Theoretical Perspectives from the Virtual Margins. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (114 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Author Biography -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I THE GAMES -- Chapter 1 Video Games as Ideological Projects -- 1.1 Race and Gender as Ideology -- 1.2 Video Game Narrative -- 1.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Racing and Gendering the Game -- 2.1 The White Messiah in the Shooter -- 2.2 Racialized Representations Within Other Genres -- 2.3 Hegemonic Imagery in Fighting Genres -- 2.4 Gendered Depictions Within Video Games -- 2.5 Conclusion -- PART II THE GAMING SPACE -- Chapter 3 Deviant Acts: Racism and Sexism in Virtual Gaming Communities -- 3.1 Deviant Behavior in Virtual Communities -- 3.2 Online Disinhibition -- 3.3 Linguistic Profiling: The Origin of Deviance in Xbox Live -- 3.4 The Process Leading to Racism -- Chapter 4 Deviant Bodies: Racism, Sexism, and Intersecting Oppressions -- 4.1 Deviant Bodies, Racism, and Xbox Live -- 4.2 Punishing Blackness in Popular Media -- 4.3 Intersecting Identities and Intersecting Oppressions -- PART III THE SOLUTIONS -- Chapter 5 Deviant Bodies Resisting Deviant Acts -- 5.1 Information Communication Technology and Women Organizing Online -- 5.2 Examining the Organized Efforts of Women in Xbox Live -- 5.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Virtual Tools in the Virtual House? -- 6.1 Black Feminist Thought in the Digital Era -- 6.2 Effecting Change in Xbox Live -- Bibliography -- Video Gameography.
Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live provides a much-needed theoretical framework for examining deviant behavior and deviant bodies within one of the largest virtual gaming communities--Xbox Live.
9781317521808
Video games -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
GV1469.34.V56 G73 2
306.4870285
Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live : Theoretical Perspectives from the Virtual Margins. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (114 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Author Biography -- Foreword -- Introduction -- PART I THE GAMES -- Chapter 1 Video Games as Ideological Projects -- 1.1 Race and Gender as Ideology -- 1.2 Video Game Narrative -- 1.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Racing and Gendering the Game -- 2.1 The White Messiah in the Shooter -- 2.2 Racialized Representations Within Other Genres -- 2.3 Hegemonic Imagery in Fighting Genres -- 2.4 Gendered Depictions Within Video Games -- 2.5 Conclusion -- PART II THE GAMING SPACE -- Chapter 3 Deviant Acts: Racism and Sexism in Virtual Gaming Communities -- 3.1 Deviant Behavior in Virtual Communities -- 3.2 Online Disinhibition -- 3.3 Linguistic Profiling: The Origin of Deviance in Xbox Live -- 3.4 The Process Leading to Racism -- Chapter 4 Deviant Bodies: Racism, Sexism, and Intersecting Oppressions -- 4.1 Deviant Bodies, Racism, and Xbox Live -- 4.2 Punishing Blackness in Popular Media -- 4.3 Intersecting Identities and Intersecting Oppressions -- PART III THE SOLUTIONS -- Chapter 5 Deviant Bodies Resisting Deviant Acts -- 5.1 Information Communication Technology and Women Organizing Online -- 5.2 Examining the Organized Efforts of Women in Xbox Live -- 5.3 Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Virtual Tools in the Virtual House? -- 6.1 Black Feminist Thought in the Digital Era -- 6.2 Effecting Change in Xbox Live -- Bibliography -- Video Gameography.
Race, Gender, and Deviance in Xbox Live provides a much-needed theoretical framework for examining deviant behavior and deviant bodies within one of the largest virtual gaming communities--Xbox Live.
9781317521808
Video games -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Electronic books.
GV1469.34.V56 G73 2
306.4870285