Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century Literate Connections

Name: Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century Literate Connections
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ISBN: 9781403972200

ISBN-10: 1403972206

ISBN-13: 9781403972200

Edition: 2007

Authors: Gail E. Hawisher, James Paul Gee, Cynthia L. Selfe, Cynthia L. Selfe, Cynthia L. Selfe

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This is an exploration of the complexly rendered relationship between computer gaming environments and literacy development by focusing on the stories of computer gamers in the United States at the beginning of the 21st century.

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List price: $79.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 6/6/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 273
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

James Paul Gee is Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of Social Linguistics and Literacies, a foundational work in the field of New Literacy Studies, and Why Video Games Are Good For Your Soul.



Foreword



Introduction: Gaming Lives in the Twenty-First Century




Gaming and Literacy



Computer Gaming as Literacy




Transcultural Literacies of Gaming




Lost (and Found) in Translation: Game Localization, Cultural Models, and Critical Literacy




Gaming, Identity, and Literacy



Interchapter I: What Some Girls Say about Gaming



The Social Dimensions of Gaming



Narrative, Action, and Learning: The Stories of Myst




Gaming, Agency, and Imagination: Locating Gaming within a Larger Constellation of Literacies




Relationship Gaming and Identity: Stephanie and Josh




Dungeons, Dragons, and Discretion: A Gateway to Gaming, Technology, and Literacy



Interchapter II: What Some 20-Something Players Say about Gaming



Gaming and Difference



"A Real Effect on the Gameplay": Computer Gaming, Sexuality, and Literacy




Taking Flight: Learning Differences Meet Gaming Literacies




Racing toward Representation: An Understanding of Racial Representation in Video Games




Portrait of a Gray Gamer: A Macro-Self Reading the Big Picture




Gender Matters: Literacy, Learning, and Gaming in One American Family



Interchapter III: What Early Gamers Say about Gaming


Afterword: The Return of the Player



List of Contributors


Index