{"product_id":"the-grounds-of-gaming-paperback-softback-9780253071231","title":"The Grounds of Gaming (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253071231","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Grounds of Gaming\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicholas Taylor (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253071231\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e268 pages, 23 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.399 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Grounds of Gaming \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliantly inventive dive into how our social and technical infrastructures help us to understand the masculinities of the men who inhabit them. This is the rare book that dissects masculinity with a firm understanding of systemic oppression, while also approaching the topic with introspection, humility, humor, and compassion. Field defining. A must read!\"—Aaron Trammell, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Privilege of Play\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Nicholas Taylor's\u003ci\u003e The Grounds of Gaming \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an unusually riveting account of how white masculinity gathers its power in the mundane architectures of everyday game play. In doing so, Taylor sets a new scene for feminist refusal by way of a feminist infrastructural strategy for both gaming and the study of games. Taylor has also provided a stunning example of an ethnography of space that will prove useful beyond media studies and game studies.\"—Sarah Sharma, author of\u003ci\u003e In the Meantime: Temporality and Cultural Politics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do we make space for video games in the places where we live, work, and play—and who is allowed to feel welcome there? Despite attempts to expand games beyond their conventional audience of young men, the physical contexts of gameplay and production remain off-limits and unsafe for so many.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Grounds of Gaming \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the physical places where games are played and how they contribute to the persistence of gaming's problematic politics. Drawing on fieldwork in an array of sites, author Nicholas Taylor explores the real-world settings where games are played, watched, discussed and designed. Sometimes these places are sticky, dark, and stinky; other times they are pristine and well appointed. Situating its chapters in such scenes as domestic gaming setups, campus computer labs, LAN parties, esports arenas, and convention centers, Taylor maps the infrastructural connections between games, place, masculinity, and whiteness.\u003cbr\u003e By inviting us to reconsider gaming's cultural politics from the ground up,\u003ci\u003e The Grounds of Gaming\u003c\/i\u003e offers new theoretical insights and practical resources regarding how to make game cultures and industries more inclusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Men, Place, and Games\u003cbr\u003e 1. Frames: Extractive Logics in Play\u003cbr\u003e 2. Circles: It All Starts at Home\u003cbr\u003e 3. Grids: LAN Parties and the Infrastructural Grounds of Gaming\u003cbr\u003e 4. Platforms: Making Space for Collegiate Esports\u003cbr\u003e 5. Pockets: Practicing Safe Storage at Games Industry Conventions\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Boundaries, (Re)taking the Field\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520710078744,"sku":"9780253071231","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-grounds-of-gaming-paperback-softback-9780253071231","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}