TY  - BOOK
AU  - Garrelts,Nate
TI  - The meaning and culture of Grand theft auto: critical essays 
SN  - 0786428228
AV  - GV1469.35.G738 M43 2006
U1  - 794.8 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Co.
KW  - Grand Theft Auto games
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Video games
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; An introduction to grand theft auto studies; Nate Garrelts --; 1; Spilling hot coffee? : Grand theft auto as contested cultural product; Aphra Kerr --; 2; Political interface : the banning of GTA3 in Australia; Mark Finn --; 3; Virtual gangstas, coming to a suburban house near you : demonization, commodification, and policing blackness; David Leonard --; 4; Play-fighting : understanding violence in Grand theft auto III; Tanner Higgin --; 5; The subversive carnival of Grand theft auto : San Andreas; David Annandale --; 6; Grand theft video : running and gunning for the U.S. Empire; Dennis Redmond --; 7; From stompin' mushrooms to bustin' heads : Grand theft auto III as paradigm shift; Laurie N. Taylor --; 8; Everyday play : cruising for leisure in San Andreas; Timothy J. Welsh --; 9; Cruising in San Andreas : ludic space and urban aesthetics in grand theft auto; Zach Whalen --; 10; Experiencing place in Los Santos and Vice City; Ian Bogost and Dan Klainbaum --; 11; Positioning and creating the semiotic self in Grand Theft Auto : Vice City and Grand Theft Auto : San Andreas; John A. Unger and Karla V. Kingsley --; 12; Against embedded agency : subversion and emergence in GTA3; Cindy Poremba --; 13; Inviting subversion : metalepses and tmesis in rockstar games' grand theft auto series; Wm. Ruffin Bailey --; 14; Playing with style : negotiating digital game studies; David Parry
N2  - "Grand Theft Auto is among the most culturally significant video game franchises in history. Popular among adult gamers, the games have become icons for child endangerment, and are frequently cited in political rhetoric directed against exposing minors to violence and indecency. This work, the first academic book to focus exclusively on a single game series, presents essays that examine the complex and popular GTA phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET
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