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Building a Voice
Sound, Surface, Skin
ISBN: 9781913380885
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: December 10, 2024
On the emergence, embodiment, and mediation of voice as skin.
Toy Theory
Technology and Imagination in Play
ISBN: 9780262548212
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
A novel interpretation of the history and theory of technology from the perspective of toys, play, and play objects.
Intellivision
How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie ®
ISBN: 9780262549509
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.
Beyond Vanity
The History and Power of Hairdressing
ISBN: 9780262049054
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 10, 2024
From the award-winning author of Dressing Up, a riveting and diverse history of women's hair that reestablishes the cultural power of hairdressing in nineteenth-century America.
Feminism, Young Women, and Cultural Studies
Feminism, Young Women, and Cultural Studies
Birmingham Essays from 1975 Onwards
ISBN: 9781913380458
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: August 13, 2024
A feminist analysis of young women and popular culture and a forceful critique of male domination in youth culture.
Playing at the World, 2E
The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262548779
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 30, 2024
The first volume of two in a new, updated edition of the 2012 book Playing at the World, which charts the vast and complex history of role-playing games.
Enacting Platforms
Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine
ISBN: 9780262548243
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 2, 2024
An analysis of the game engine Unreal through feminist, race, and queer theories of technology and media, as well as a critique of the platform studies framework itself.
Take This Hammer
Work, Song, Crisis
ISBN: 9781913380168
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
A study of contemporary music in light of transformations to work and social life.
Optimizing Play
Why Theorycrafting Breaks Games and How to Fix It
ISBN: 9780262547789
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
An unexpected take on how games work, what the stakes are for them, and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization.
Building a Voice
Sound, Surface, Skin
ISBN: 9781913380885
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: December 10, 2024
On the emergence, embodiment, and mediation of voice as skin.
Toy Theory
Technology and Imagination in Play
ISBN: 9780262548212
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
A novel interpretation of the history and theory of technology from the perspective of toys, play, and play objects.
Intellivision
How a Videogame System Battled Atari and Almost Bankrupted Barbie ®
ISBN: 9780262549509
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 5, 2024
The engaging story of Intellivision, an overlooked videogame system from the late 1970s and early 1980s whose fate was shaped by Mattel, Atari, and countless others who invented the gaming industry.
Beyond Vanity
The History and Power of Hairdressing
ISBN: 9780262049054
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 10, 2024
From the award-winning author of Dressing Up, a riveting and diverse history of women's hair that reestablishes the cultural power of hairdressing in nineteenth-century America.
Feminism, Young Women, and Cultural Studies
Feminism, Young Women, and Cultural Studies
Birmingham Essays from 1975 Onwards
ISBN: 9781913380458
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: August 13, 2024
A feminist analysis of young women and popular culture and a forceful critique of male domination in youth culture.
Playing at the World, 2E
The Invention of Dungeons & Dragons
ISBN: 9780262548779
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 30, 2024
The first volume of two in a new, updated edition of the 2012 book Playing at the World, which charts the vast and complex history of role-playing games.
Enacting Platforms
Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine
ISBN: 9780262548243
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: July 2, 2024
An analysis of the game engine Unreal through feminist, race, and queer theories of technology and media, as well as a critique of the platform studies framework itself.
Take This Hammer
Work, Song, Crisis
ISBN: 9781913380168
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: May 21, 2024
A study of contemporary music in light of transformations to work and social life.
Optimizing Play
Why Theorycrafting Breaks Games and How to Fix It
ISBN: 9780262547789
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 14, 2024
An unexpected take on how games work, what the stakes are for them, and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization.