| Playing with the Guys: Masculinity and Relationships in Video Games Contributor(s): Ouellette, Marc A. (Author), Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1476671397 ISBN-13: 9781476671390 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Games & Activities | Video & Electronic - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 794.840 |
| LCCN: 2021021167 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.8" W x 8.8" (0.80 lbs) 249 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |