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Cuties Killing Video Games: Gender Politics and Performance in Indie Game Developer Subculture

Higgins, Alexander
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1429206684

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2015, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Ohio University, Political Science.
This thesis explores how dominant gender norms in video game subculture are challenged by independent game development communities, promoting gender equality. It begins with a review of the literature on video games and gender and continues with original qualitative research on various online game communities, including Gamergate, Games and Play (a private progressive indie developer community), and the queer games scene. The thesis argues that, through the internet, noncapitalist modes of production and niche political communities are made possible, transforming gaming subculture from one in which political activism is nearly impossible to one in which activism is entrenched within it.
Susan Burgess, Dr. (Advisor)
James Mosher, Dr. (Other)
210 p.
Gender; Gender Studies; Mass Media; Political Science
video games; gaming; indie games; independent games; game development; gamergate; queer; queer games scene; feminism; online activism; twine; gender roles; gender politics; gender equality; indie development;

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  • Higgins, A. (2015). Cuties Killing Video Games: Gender Politics and Performance in Indie Game Developer Subculture [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1429206684

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Higgins, Alexander. Cuties Killing Video Games: Gender Politics and Performance in Indie Game Developer Subculture. 2015. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1429206684.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Higgins, Alexander. "Cuties Killing Video Games: Gender Politics and Performance in Indie Game Developer Subculture." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors1429206684

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