Playing with the Guys: Masculinity and Relationships in Video Games (Studies in Gaming) - Softcover

Marc A. Ouellette (author) & Matthew Wilhelm Kapell (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476671397 ISBN 13: 9781476671390

Publisher: McFarland, 2021

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Marc A. Ouellette is an award-winning educator who teaches cultural and gender studies at Old Dominion University, where he is the Learning Games Initiative Research Fellow.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1476671397
• ISBN 13: 9781476671390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 227