Synopses & Reviews
Placing gender at the center of the debate about young children and multimedia, particularly video games, this, now available in paperback, book develops a relational approach to game play using. The book explores issues of violence and parental regulation and argues that economic relations are central to the micro-relations of playing.
About the Author
VALERIE WALKERDINE is Professor of Psychology in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. Her previous publications include Growing up Girl (with Helen Lucey and June Melody), Mass Hysteria: Critical Psychology and Media Studies (with Lisa Blackman), Daddy's Girl: Young Girls and Popular Culture and The Practice of Reason. She is editor of Critical Psychology. She is also an installation artist.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Video Game Research
Video Games and Childhood Masculinity
'Remember Not To Die' Girls Playing Video Games
Rethinking Violence
Regulating Game Play: Clingy, Sooky Mummy's Boys and Other Personas
Video Games in a Global Market
Becoming a Player
Playing the Game
Conclusion
References
Index