Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
4. INTRODUCTION Not a Post-Racism and Post-Misogyny Promised Land: Video Games as Instruments of (In)Justice 1
5. Part 1 Ethics, Violence, and Oppositional Gaming
6. CHAPTER 1 THE CORPOREAL ETHICS OF GAMING Vulnerability, Mobility, and Social Gaming 27
7. CHAPTER 2 POWER, VIOLENCE, AND THE MASK Representations of Criminal Subjectivities in Grand Theft Auto Online 45
8. Part 2 Economics of Gaming
9. CHAPTER 3 THE POST-FEMINIST POLITICS OF THE “EVERYONE CAN MAKE GAMES MOVEMENT” 65
10. CHAPTER 4 SMART PLAY Social Stereotypes, Identity Building, and Counter Narratives of Gold Farmers in China 82
11. Part 3 Feminist Gaming
12. CHAPTER 5 THE SOBERING REALITY OF SEXISM IN THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY 101
13. CHAPTER 6 THE PERPETUAL CRUSADE Rise of the Tomb Raider, Religious Extremism, and the Problem of Empire 119
14. CHAPTER 7 NANCY DREW AND THE CASE OF GIRL GAMES 139
15. CHAPTER 8 THE HORRORS OF TRANSCENDENT KNOWLEDGE A Feminist-Epistemological Approach to Video Games 155
16. Part 4 Gaming Against the Grain
17. CHAPTER 9 PLAYING WITH PRIDE Claiming Space Through Community Building in World of Warcraft 175
18. CHAPTER 10 CURATE YOUR CULTURE A Call for Social Justice-Oriented Game Development and Community Management 193
19. CHAPTER 11 THE LEGENDS OF ZELDA Fan Challenges to Dominant Video Game Narratives 213
20. Part 5 Empathetic and Inclusive Gaming
21. CHAPTER 12 AVATARS Addressing Racism and Racialized Address 231
22. CHAPTER 13 ACTIVISM IN VIDEO GAMES A New Voice for Social Change 252
23. CHAPTER 14 DiscrimiNation A Persuasive Board Game to Challenge Discriminatory Justifications and Prejudices 270
24. CONTRIBUTORS 293
25. INDEX 296