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Title From Barbie to Mortal Kombat : gender and computer games / edited by Justine Cassell and Henry Jenkins.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 2000.
1999.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  306.487 F931F    Check Shelf
Description 360 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Note Originally published: 1999.
Contents Chess for girls? feminism and computer games / Justine Cassell and Henry Jenkins -- Computer games for girls : what makes them play? / Kaveri Subrahmanyam and Patricia M. Greenfield -- Girl games and technological desire / Cornelia Brunner, Dorothy Bennett, and Margaret Honey -- Video game designs by girls and boys : variability and consistency of gender differences / Yasmin B. Kafai -- Interview with Brenda Laurel (Purple Moon) ; Interview with Nancie S. Martin (Mattel) ; Interview with Heather Kelley (Girl Games) ; Interviews with Theresa Duncan and Monica Gesue (Chop Suey) ; Interview with Lee McEnany Caraher (Sega) ; Interview with Marsha Kinder (Intertexts Multimedia) / Interviews conducted by Jennifer Glos and Shari Goldin -- Retooling play : dystopia, dysphoria, and difference / Suzanne de Castell and Mary Bryson -- "Complete freedom of movement" : video games as gendered play spaces / Henry Jenkins -- Storytelling as a nexus of change in the relationship between gender and technology : a feminist approach to software design / Justine Cassell -- Voices from the combat zone : game grrlz talk back.
Subject Games for girls.
Video games -- Social aspects.
Added Author Jenkins, Henry.
Cassell, Justine, 1960-
ISBN 0262531682
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