{"product_id":"ready-player-two-shira-chess-9781517900694","title":"Ready Player Two: Women Gamers and Designed Identity","description":"\u003cp\u003eCultural stereotypes to the contrary, approximately half of all video game players are now women. A subculture once dominated by men, video games have become a form of entertainment composed of gender binaries. Supported by games such as \u003ci\u003eDiner Dash\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMystery Case Files\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWii Fit\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eKim Kardashian: Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e--which are all specifically marketed toward women--the gamer industry is now a major part of imagining what femininity should look like. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eReady Player Two\u003c\/i\u003e, media critic Shira Chess uses the concept of \"Player Two\"--the industry idealization of the female gamer--to examine the assumptions implicit in video games designed for women and how they have impacted gaming culture and the larger society. With Player Two, the video game industry has designed specifically for the feminine ideal: she is white, middle class, heterosexual, cis-gendered, and abled. Drawing on categories from time management and caregiving to social networking, consumption, and bodies, Chess examines how games have been engineered to shape normative ideas about women and leisure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReady Player Two\u003c\/i\u003e presents important arguments about how gamers and game developers must change their thinking about both women and games to produce better games, better audiences, and better industry practices. Ultimately, this book offers vital prescriptions for how one of our most powerful entertainment industries must evolve its ideas of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shira Chess\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517900697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517900694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2018","brand":"Shira Chess","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44254966087935,"sku":"9781517900694","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3dc80fd-4e67-4d32-9d75-04ed171c9d36.jpg?v=1694615337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ready-player-two-shira-chess-9781517900694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}