Queer(ing) Game Studies: Reviewing Research on Digital Play and Non-normativity

Sarah Evans

Queer(ing) Game Studies: Reviewing Research on Digital Play and Non-normativity

Sarah Evans

Digital Humanities and New Media

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<div class="line" id="line-5"> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Through a systematic literature review, this chapter considers how game studies scholarship has approached LGBTQ players, communities, and perspectives to outline new and ongoing opportunities for research and activism related to queer and non-normative digital games, players and play practices. This chapter seeks to ascertain not only &ZeroWidthSpace;what&ZeroWidthSpace; scholarship has been produced with regards to LGBTQ games, gamers and gaming, but to critically consider &ZeroWidthSpace;where and &ZeroWidthSpace;how&ZeroWidthSpace; as well: which disciplines, methodological traditions, and publishing venues are most active in this area. Knowing how game studies has thus far engaged with queer identities, communities, and issues offers game scholars a trajectory to build on existing work in this area, to both contextualize and advance the efforts of LGBTQ players, critics, designers, allies and activists. </span></div>

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Queerness in Play
State	Published - 2018

Keywords

game studies
lgbtq

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities
Digital Humanities

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