5SD060, 7,5 hp, Grundnivå

Karaktärsdesign och representation

Reading list valid from autumn 2024. Retrieved from uu.se 2 Nov 2026. View the original on uu.se

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Huvudgrupp 1: Viss litteratur är digital och kan hittas genom biblioteket. En del litteratur är tillgänglig online via en länk i listan. Ett par poster kan hittas på kurssidan i Studium.

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Huvudgrupp 1

White thumbs, black bodies: race, violence, and neoliberal fantasies in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Part of The review of education, pedagogy, cultural studies
Barrett, P
2006
Not a book to buy
24 s.
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Barrett, P, White thumbs, black bodies: race, violence, and neoliberal fantasies in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Ingår i: The review of education, pedagogy, cultural studies, 2006, s. 95–119 (24 s.)
Ability, disability and dead space
Carr, D
2014, Game Studies
Not a book to buy
13 sidor
As written on the list
Carr, D, Ability, disability and dead space, Game Studies, 2014, http://gamestudies.org/1402/articles/carr (13 sidor)
Ready Player Two: Women Gamers and Designed Identity
Chess, Shira
2017, University of Minnesota Press
ISBN 9781517900687, print
Verified edition
27 s.
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Chess, Shira, Ready Player Two: Women Gamers and Designed Identity, University of Minnesota Press, 2017 (27 s.)
Influence of Black masculinity game exemplars on social judgments
Part of Simulation & gaming
Dill, K.E., Burgess, M.C.
2013
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13 s.
No store links – the book has no reliable ISBN.
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Dill, K.E.; Burgess, M.C., Influence of Black masculinity game exemplars on social judgments, Ingår i: Simulation & gaming, 2013, s. 562–585 (13 s.)
Representations
Hall, Stuart
2013, Sage
Not a book to buy
Läs Introduktionen, s. xvii-xxvi. Finns tillgänglig på kurssidan i Studium.
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Hall, Stuart, Representations, Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2013 (Läs Introduktionen, s. xvii-xxvi. Finns tillgänglig på kurssidan i Studium.)
Casual Empire: Video Games as Neocolonial Praxis
Harrer, Sabine
2018, Open Library of Humanities
Not a book to buy
4 (1). 23 s.
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Harrer, Sabine, Casual Empire: Video Games as Neocolonial Praxis, Open Library of Humanities, 2018, Link to the Open Library of Humanities (4 (1). 23 s.)
We are the Champions? Performing Whiteness in ASCENSION: DAWN OF CHAMPIONS
Part of Simulation & gaming
Harrer, Sabine
2021, nr. 5
Not a book to buy
17 s.
As written on the list
Harrer, Sabine, We are the Champions? Performing Whiteness in ASCENSION: DAWN OF CHAMPIONS, Ingår i: Simulation & gaming., vol. 52, nr. 5, 2021, s. 533–553 (17 s.)
Electronic empire: Orientalism revisited in the military shooter
Höglund, J.
2008
Not a book to buy
14 sidor
As written on the list
Höglund, J., Electronic empire: Orientalism revisited in the military shooter, Game Studies, 8(1), 2008, http://gamestudies.org/0801/articles/hoeglund (14 sidor)
Masculinity in video games: The gendered gameplay of silent hill., Camera Obscura: Feminism
Kirkland, Ewan
2009, Culture and Media Studies
Not a book to buy
Tillgänglig på kurssidan i Studium.
As written on the list
Kirkland, Ewan, Masculinity in video games: The gendered gameplay of silent hill., Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture and Media Studies, 2009, Article (Tillgänglig på kurssidan i Studium.)
On dis/ability within game studies: The discursive construction of ludic bodies
Part of Interdisciplinary approaches to disability: looking towards the future
Ledder, S.
2019
Not a book to buy
16 s.
As written on the list
Ledder, S., On dis/ability within game studies: The discursive construction of ludic bodies, Ingår i: Interdisciplinary approaches to disability: looking towards the future, 2019, vol. 2, s. 30–45 (16 s.)
"Can´t Have it All": Representations of Older Women in Popular Culture
Part of Women & therapy
Lemish, D, Muhlbauer, V
2012, nr. 3-4
Not a book to buy
15 s.
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Lemish, D; Muhlbauer, V, "Can´t Have it All": Representations of Older Women in Popular Culture, Ingår i: Women & therapy, vol. 35, nr. 3-4, 2012, s. 165–180 (15 s.)
Live in your world, play in ours: Race, video games, and consuming the other., Studies in media & information literacy education
Leonard, David
2003
Not a book to buy
3(4), 1–9 Även tillgänglig på kurssidan i Studium.
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Leonard, David, Live in your world, play in ours: Race, video games, and consuming the other., Studies in media & information literacy education, 2003, On Line Article (3(4), 1–9 Även tillgänglig på kurssidan i Studium.)
Introduction: Identity, Representation, and Video Game Studies beyond the Politics of the Image
Part of Gaming representation: race, gender, and sexuality in video games
Malkowski, J, Russworm, TM
2017
Not a book to buy
As written on the list
Malkowski, J; Russworm, TM, Introduction: Identity, Representation, and Video Game Studies beyond the Politics of the Image, Ingår i: "Gaming representation: race, gender, and sexuality in video games", 2017, vol. 1-16
Compulsory able-bodiedness and queer/disabled existence
Part of The disability studies reader
McRuer, R
4th ed., 2013, Routledge
ISBN 9780415630528, print
Verified edition
A newer edition exists (2021), ISBN 9780367536077. Check with the course which one applies.
301–308
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McRuer, R, Compulsory able-bodiedness and queer/disabled existence, Ingår i: The disability studies reader, 4th ed., New York, NY, Routledge, 2013, vol. 4, s. 301–308 (301–308)
Race-Based Fantasy Realm: Essentialism in the World of Warcraft
Part of Games and culture
Monsson, M.J.
2012
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23 s.
No store links – the book has no reliable ISBN.
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Monsson, M.J., Race-Based Fantasy Realm: Essentialism in the World of Warcraft, Ingår i: Games and culture, 2012, s. 48–71 (23 s.)
The poetics of form and the politics of identity in Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Part of Kinephanos
Murray, S
2017
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77–102
No store links – the book has no reliable ISBN.
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Murray, S, The poetics of form and the politics of identity in Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, Ingår i: Kinephanos, 2017, s. 77–102, https://www.kinephanos.ca/2017/the-poetics-of-form/ (77–102)
Graphic depictions: portrayals of mental illness in video games
Part of Journal of forensic sciences
Shapiro, S, Rotter, M
1595, nr. 6
Not a book to buy
3 s.
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Shapiro, S; Rotter, M, Graphic depictions:: portrayals of mental illness in video games, Ingår i: Journal of forensic sciences, vol. 61, nr. 6, 2016, s. 1592–1595 (3 s.)
Gaming at the edge: sexuality and gender at the margins of gamer culture
Shaw, Adrienne
2014, University of Minnesota Press
ISBN 9780816693153, print
Verified edition
s. 13–42 (20 s)
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Shaw, Adrienne, Gaming at the edge: sexuality and gender at the margins of gamer culture, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, [2014] (s. 13–42 (20 s))
A Cross-Game Look at Transgender Representation in Video Games
Part of Press Start
Thach, H.
2021, nr. 1
Not a book to buy
15 s.
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Thach, H., A Cross-Game Look at Transgender Representation in Video Games, Ingår i: Press Start, vol. 7, nr. 1, 2021, s. 19–44 (15 s.)

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Other reading (not marked as required)

Huvudgrupp 1

White thumbs, black bodies: race, violence, and neoliberal fantasies in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Ability, disability and dead space

Ready Player Two: Women Gamers and Designed Identity

Influence of Black masculinity game exemplars on social judgments

Representations

Casual Empire: Video Games as Neocolonial Praxis

We are the Champions? Performing Whiteness in ASCENSION: DAWN OF CHAMPIONS

Electronic empire: Orientalism revisited in the military shooter

Masculinity in video games: The gendered gameplay of silent hill., Camera Obscura: Feminism

On dis/ability within game studies: The discursive construction of ludic bodies

"Can´t Have it All": Representations of Older Women in Popular Culture

Live in your world, play in ours: Race, video games, and consuming the other., Studies in media & information literacy education

Introduction: Identity, Representation, and Video Game Studies beyond the Politics of the Image

Compulsory able-bodiedness and queer/disabled existence

Race-Based Fantasy Realm: Essentialism in the World of Warcraft

The poetics of form and the politics of identity in Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

Graphic depictions: portrayals of mental illness in video games

Gaming at the edge: sexuality and gender at the margins of gamer culture

A Cross-Game Look at Transgender Representation in Video Games

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