Toward a (Kin)aesthetic of video gaming: The case of dance dance revolution

Games and Culture

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 335-354

  Behrenshausen, Bryan G ^a  

^a KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Embodiment; Interobjectivity; Intersubjectivity; Materiality; Performance; Performativity; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249156071     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412007310810     Document Type: Article

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