Not a hater, just keepin' it real: The importance of race- and gender-based game studies

Games and Culture

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-88

  Leonard, David J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorblind discourse; Commodification; Game studies; Race; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548410362     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412005281910     Document Type: Article

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