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245 10 a| Ready player two :b| women gamers and designed identity /c| Shira Chess.;

264 1 a| Minneapolis, MN :b| University of Minnesota Press,c| [2017];

300 a| xiii, 223 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

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520 a| "Cultural stereotypes to the contrary, approximately half of all video-game players are now women. A subculture once dominated by men, video games have become a form of entertainment composed of gender binaries. Supported by games such as Diner Dash, Mystery Case Files, Wii Fit, and Kim Kardashian: Hollywood -- specifically marketed to women -- the video game industry is now a major part of imagining what femininity should look like. In Ready Player Two, media critic Shira Chess uses the concept of "Player Two"--The industry idealization of the female gamer -- to examine assumptions implicit in video games designed for women and their impact on gaming culture and the larger society. With Player Two, the video game industry has designed specifically for the feminine ideal: white, middle class, heterosexual, cisgendered, and abled. Drawing on categories from time management and caregiving to social networking, consumptions, and bodies, Chess examines how games have been engineered to shape normative ideas about women and leisure"--c| Provided by publisher.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: contextualizing player two -- Playing with identity -- Playing with time -- Playing with emotions -- Playing with consumption -- Playing with bodies -- Conclusion: the playful is political.;

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650 0 a| Video gamesx| Designx| Psychological aspects.=| ^A696474;

650 0 a| Womenx| Identity.=| ^A394138;

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Ready player two : women gamers and designed identity / Shira Chess.

Author/creator	Chess, Shira author.
Format	Book
Publication	Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2017]
Description	xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	Women video gamers--Psychology. Video games--Design. --Psychological aspects. Women--Identity.

Contents	Introduction: contextualizing player two -- Playing with identity -- Playing with time -- Playing with emotions -- Playing with consumption -- Playing with bodies -- Conclusion: the playful is political.
Abstract	"Cultural stereotypes to the contrary, approximately half of all video-game players are now women. A subculture once dominated by men, video games have become a form of entertainment composed of gender binaries. Supported by games such as Diner Dash, Mystery Case Files, Wii Fit, and Kim Kardashian: Hollywood -- specifically marketed to women -- the video game industry is now a major part of imagining what femininity should look like. In Ready Player Two, media critic Shira Chess uses the concept of "Player Two"--The industry idealization of the female gamer -- to examine assumptions implicit in video games designed for women and their impact on gaming culture and the larger society. With Player Two, the video game industry has designed specifically for the feminine ideal: white, middle class, heterosexual, cisgendered, and abled. Drawing on categories from time management and caregiving to social networking, consumptions, and bodies, Chess examines how games have been engineered to shape normative ideas about women and leisure"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Chess, Shira. Ready player two. Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2017] 9781452954998
LCCN	2016043311
ISBN	9781517900687 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
ISBN	1517900689 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
ISBN	9781517900694 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
ISBN	1517900697 (paperback ; alkaline paper)

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