Meta-Tuning Justice, 9781625349378
Hardcover
Black youth reconfigure games, challenging stereotypes and driving social change.
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Meta-Tuning Justice

Game Design and Black Youth Agency

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  • Hardcover

    232 pages

  • Release Date

    31 July 2026

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Summary

Meta-Tuning Justice

Exploring how Black youth are reshaping game design to dismantle stereotypes and spark social change

In the early 2000s, digital gaming rose to cultural and economic prominence. Communities of color, however, and especially Black youth, were largely excluded from gaming culture. The rare Black character in games tended to reinforce stereotypes, while racial bias was often surreptitiously embedded in game design platforms—what decolonial s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781625349378
ISBN-10:1625349378
Author:Laquana Cooke
Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
Imprint:University of Massachusetts Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:232
Release Date:31 July 2026
Weight:0g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
Series:Activist Studies of Science & Technology
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Critics Review

“Laquana Cooke has written a fantastic book that contributes to our understanding of racial equity in teaching and learning by making meaningful connections between game studies, Science and Technology Studies, and educational research.” - Michael Lachney, Michigan State University

About The Author

Laquana Cooke

Laquana Cooke is professor of digital rhetoric in the English Department at West Chester University and founding director of iCamp Media Academy. Her work has appeared in journals such as Technical Communication Quarterly, Changing English, Game Studies, and ACM Transactions on Computing Education.

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