Girls and gaming: Gender research, "progress" and the death of interpretation

3rd Digital Games Research Association International Conference: "Situated Play", DiGRA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 769-771

  Jenson, Jennifer ^a   De Castell, Suzanne ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Game culture; Gameplay; Gender; Research; Sociology

Indexed keywords

GAME DESIGN; GAMEPLAY; GAMES STUDIES; GENDER; GENDER RESEARCH; GENDER STUDIES; SOCIOLOGY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84873364866     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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