Date of Award
Spring 5-12-2012
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Art
First Thesis Reader
Susan Rankaitis
Second Thesis Reader
T. Kim-Trang Tran
Rights Information
© 2012 Allison Perry
Terms of Use & License Information
Abstract
Academic work dealing with the overlap between video games and female representation is limited in both volume and proper research. Most texts agree on three supposed flaws with video games: they alienate female participants, there are no games for female players, and female players cannot relate to female characters. This thesis sheds light on these points, not only citing specific counter-examples, but also showing how many of these issues reflect on a larger societal problems.
Recommended Citation
Perry, Allison, "Women and Video Games: Pigeonholing the Past" (2012). Scripps Senior Theses. Paper 135.
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/135