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Children, Gender, Video Games : Towards a Relational Approach to Multimedia /

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Placing gender at the centre of the debate about young children and multimedia, particularly video games, the book develops a relational approach to game play using an account of affect. The book explores central issues of violence and parental regulation and argues that economic relations are not r...

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Main Author: Walkerdine, Valerie (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
Education.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Psychology, general.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Sociology, general.
Youth Culture.
Adolescence.
Children.
Educational sociology.
Psychology.
Social groups.
Sociology.
Youth > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Placing gender at the centre of the debate about young children and multimedia, particularly video games, the book develops a relational approach to game play using an account of affect. The book explores central issues of violence and parental regulation and argues that economic relations are not remote from the micro relations of playing.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VI, 235 pages)
ISBN:9780230235373
DOI:10.1057/9780230235373