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Boggs, Jan, (1959-)

Gender divide and the computer game industry /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Gender divide and the computer game industry /by Julie Prescott and Jan Boggs.
Author:	Prescott, Julie,
other author:	Boggs, Jan,
Published:	Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., USA) :IGI Global,[2014]
Description:	1 online resource (301 pages) :ill.
Subject:	Video games industrySocial aspects.
Online resource:	http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-4666-4534-9
ISBN:	9781466645356 (ebook)

Gender divide and the computer game industry /
Prescott, Julie,1975-

Gender divide and the computer game industry /by Julie Prescott and Jan Boggs. - Hershey, Pennsylvania (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pa., USA) :IGI Global,[2014] - 1 online resource (301 pages) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: why the gender divide in computer games is an important and timely issue -- The computer game industry, market, and culture -- Games and society: can games make a better world? -- Play preferences and the gendering of gaming -- Representation, image, and identity -- Game workers and the gender divide in the production of computer games -- The experience of women game developers -- Issues career women face -- Reflections for the future -- Final thoughts and concluding comments.

Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

"This book takes a look at the games industry from a gendered perspective and highlights the variety of ways in which women remain underrepresented in this industry"--Provided by publisher.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9781466645356 (ebook)

LCCN: 2013020690Subjects--Topical Terms:

695492
Video games industry
--Social aspects.

LC Class. No.: HD9993.E452 / P74 2014e

Dewey Class. No.: 331.4/87948

Gender divide and the computer game industry /
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