Constitutive tensions of gaming's field: Uk gaming magazines and the formation of gaming culture 1981-1995

Game Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-

  Kirkpatrick, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1980s magazines; Bourdieu; Field theory; Gameplay; Gaming culture; Media analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867597137     PISSN: 16047982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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