{"product_id":"coinoperated-americans-rebooting-boyhood-at-the-video-game-arcade-9780816691821","title":"CoinOperated Americans  Rebooting Boyhood at the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Carly A. Kocurek provides a fascinating cultural history of arcade gaming and, in doing so, offers keen insight into our ongoing conversations around gender and gaming. This is a must read for those interested not only in game studies but in the evolution of American boyhood.\"—T.L. Taylor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An excellent study of the early history of the video game industry and how it came to define the gamer as male.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The great contribution of Kocurek’s Coin-Operated Americans is its attempt to historicize a relationship that often appears natural to cultural gatekeepers and other onlookers, not to mention reactionary “gamers” themselves.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublic Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This detailed study provides a lucid, compelling narrative that will interest a very diverse audience.\"—\u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Coin-Operated Americans is an invaluable contribution for those interested in the intersection among media, technology, and critical questions surrounding children and youth.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Childhood and Youth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kocurek invites readers to imagine the sensory environment of the early arcade, its sights and sounds, which serves as a vivid backdrop for the compelling cultural history the book chronicles.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Childhood and Youth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Productive contributions to studies of masculinity, and to studies of gender and digital play more broadly.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCoin-Operated Americans \u003c\/i\u003ewill make an excellent addition to undergraduate courses on gender studies, American culture, and the recent past.\"—\u003ci\u003eOral History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Microcosmic Arcade: Playing at the Cultural Vanguard \u003cbr\u003e2. Gaming’s Gold Medalists: Twin Galaxies and the Rush to Competitive Gaming\u003cbr\u003e3. Adapting Violence: \u003ci\u003eDeath Race\u003c\/i\u003e and the History of Gaming Moral Panic\u003cbr\u003e4. Anarchy in the Arcade: Regulating Coin-Op Video Games\u003cbr\u003e5. Play Saves the Day: \u003ci\u003eTRON, WarGames,\u003c\/i\u003e and the Gamer as Protagonist\u003cbr\u003e6. The Arcade Is Dead, Long Live the Arcade: Nostalgia in an Era of Ubiquitous Computing\u003cbr\u003e7. The Future Is Now: Changes in Gaming Culture\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405974020439,"sku":"9780816691821","price":56.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816691821.jpg?v=1730494105","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/coinoperated-americans-rebooting-boyhood-at-the-video-game-arcade-9780816691821","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}