We begin the introduction to this chapter by articulating social concepts of “the body” and
their relationship to understandings of and research about sexuality. We presents the major …

As video games have attracted more critical attention and theoretical discourse and games
play a more visible part in our media landscape, the modern video game community impacts …

When the Nintendo Wii was released in 2006, it ushered forward a new era of casual
gaming in which video games appealed to not just the stereotypical hardcore male gamer …

Research investigating female gaming is relatively scarce, and past research has
demonstrated that men are more likely to be problematic gamers. Few studies have focused …

In recent years, esports have grown from a small number of local gaming activities
undertaken by a few recreational participants to a multi-billion dollar industry with …

Fan studies scholar Henry Jenkins lays out a blueprint for participatory culture that highlights
its potential for more democratic, more inclusive mediascapes, asserting that corporate …

The objective of the study is to present and discuss attitudes, perceptions and opinions
about sexism and gendered play in the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game …

Everyday gendered experiences provide an affective framework for understanding
participation in massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) and their community forums …

This article examines how women construct their gameplay identities in relation to the
hegemonic “gamer” discourse. The article is based on semi-structured in-depth interviews …

This volume examines and theorizes the oft-ignored phenomenon of male-to-female (MTF)
crossdressing in early modern drama, prose, and poetry, inviting MTF crossdressing …