Toys for boys? Women's marginalization and participation as digital gamers

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-56

  Crawford, Garry ^a   Gosling, Victoria ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital Gaming; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444366209     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1024     Document Type: Article

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