[ecrea] New book: Gender in Play Trilogy

Trilogy of edited books: Queerness in Play, Feminism in Play, and 
Masculinities in Play. Each of the books in the trilogy claims ground 
for gender studies “in” and “as” game studies.


We hope that you will encourage your institution’s library to order 
these three books. They are also conveniently available in paperback and 
ebook for a very reasonable price (as far as academic book are 
concerned) from Palgrave.com and most online book sellers. In fact, 
between now and December 3rd, 2018, you can receive %20 off of books in 
the trilogy when you order from Palgrave and use the promotional code: 
PM18TWENTY4.

Queerness in Play, edited by Todd Harper, Meghan Blythe Adams, and Nick 
Taylor (https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319905419) examines the 
many ways queerness of all kinds—from queer as ‘LGBT’ to other, less 
well-covered aspects of the queer spectrum—intersects with games and the 
social contexts of play. The current unprecedented visibility of queer 
creators and content comes at a high tide of resistance to the inclusion 
of those outside a long-imagined cisgender, heterosexual, white male 
norm. By critically engaging the ways games—as a culture, an industry, 
and a medium—help reproduce limiting binary formations of gender and 
sexuality, Queerness in Play contributes to the growing body of 
scholarship promoting more inclusive understandings of identity, 
sexuality, and games.

Feminism in Play, edited by Kishonna Leah Gray, Gerald Voorhees, and 
Emma Vossen (https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319905389) focuses on 
women as they are depicted in video games, as participants in games 
culture, and as contributors to the games industry. This volume 
showcases women’s resistance to the norms of games culture, as well as 
women’s play and creative practices both in and around the games 
industry. Contributors analyze the interconnections between games and 
the broader societal and structural issues impeding the successful 
inclusion of women in games and games culture. In offering this 
framework, this volume provides a platform to the silenced and 
marginalized, offering counter-narratives to the post-racial and 
post-gendered fantasies that so often obscure the violent context of 
production and consumption of games culture.

Masculinities in Play, edited by Nick Taylor and Gerald Voorhees 
(https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319905808) addresses the 
persistent and frequently toxic associations between masculinity and 
games. It explores many of the critical issues in contemporary studies 
of masculinity—including issues of fatherhood, homoeroticism, eSports, 
fan cultures, and militarism—and their intersections with digital games, 
the contexts of their play, and the social futures associated with 
sustained involvement in gaming cultures. Unlike much of the research 
and public discourse that put the onus of “fixing” games and gaming 
cultures on those at its margins—women, LGBTQ, and people of color—this 
volume turns attention to men and masculinities, offering vital and 
productive avenues for both practical and theoretical intervention.

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