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Playing with the Guys: Masculinity and Relationships in Video Games

Playing with the Guys: Masculinity and Relationships in Video Games

Ouellette, Marc A.
Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm

Paperback

Series: Studies in Gaming

Games & Activities GeneralGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 1476671397
ISBN13: 9781476671390
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Jun 11 2021
Pages: 249
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.80
Language: English

A lot of work has been done talking about what masculinity is and what it does within video games, but less has been given to considering how and why this happens, and the processes involved. This book considers the array of daily relationships involved in producing masculinity and how those actions and relationships translate to video games. Moreover, it examines the ways the actual play of the games maps onto the stories to create contradictory moments that show that, while toxic masculinity certainly exists, it is far from inevitable. Topics covered include the nature of masculine apprenticeship and nurturing, labor, fatherhood, the scapegoating of women, and reckoning with mortality, among many others.

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