UID:
almahu_9949597046502882
Format:
1 online resource (280 pages) :
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9781479802210 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
NYU scholarship online
Content:
When the Nintendo Wii was released in 2006, it ushered forward a new era of casual gaming in which video games appealed to not just the stereotypical hardcore male gamer, but also to a much broader, more diverse audience. However, the GamerGate controversy six years later, and other similar public incidents since, laid bare the internalized misogyny and gender stereotypes in the gaming community. Today, even as women make up nearly half of all gamers, sexist assumptions about the what and how of women's gaming are more actively enforced. Amanda C. Cote explores the video game industry and its players to explain this contradiction, how it affects female gamers, and what it means in terms of power and gender equality.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2020.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9781479838523
Language:
English
URL:
NYU scholarship online
