Women and games: Technologies of the gendered self

New Media and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-576

  Royse, Pam ^a   Lee, Joon ^b   Undrahbuyan, Baasanjav ^c   Hopson, Mark ^d   Consalvo, Mia ^e  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWIE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital games; Foucault; Gender; Identity; Play; Technology; Video games; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547441041     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807080322     Document Type: Article

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