Children, Gender, Video Games
Subtitle: Towards a Relational Approach to Multimedia
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: May 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780230517172
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Computer Games; Gender studies; Sociology Of Children; Social Science; Sociology; Children's Studies; Social Science / Children's Studies; Developmental - Child; Video & Electronic - General; Computerspelen.; Social aspects; Video games; Video games and children; gtt
Description: "How do children play video games? Do games make children violent? How does gender figure in game play? These questions often concern parents and professionals alike. Valerie Walkerdine offers an innovative and original way of approaching the study of children and multimedia, using new developments in social theory to challenge existing ways of thinking about our relationship to machines. She places gender issues centre stage and argues for a new way of thinking in media, cultural studies and the social sciences."--Jacket.