Children, Gender, Video Games: Towards a Relational Approach to MultimediaThe book explores a number of debates about young children and multimedia, with particular reference to video games. It places issues of gender centrally in relation to game play and develops a relational approach to game play using an account of affect. The book places games in a global context and argues that we should not think of the economic relations as somehow remote from what happens in the micro relations of playing. It moves towards a relational approach to subjectivity and explores central issues of violence and parental regulation. |
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| Title | Children, Gender, Video Games: Towards a Relational Approach to Multimedia |
| Author | Valerie Walkerdine |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | Jun 23, 2008 |
| ISBN | 023051717X, 9780230517172 |
| Length | 235 pages |
| Subjects | › › Education / General Education / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects Family & Relationships / Life Stages / General Games & Activities / Video & Electronic Psychology / Developmental / Child Psychology / General Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Social Science / Children's Studies Social Science / Sociology / General Social Science / Sociology / Marriage & Family |
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