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Tekken's Mokujin and the Disjunctive Synthesis of Gender Performativity
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6 takeaways- 01The character Mokujin from the Tekken franchise serves as a metaphor for gender performativity, as its algorithmic ability to randomly adopt different fighting styles mirrors the fluid and unpredictable nature of selecting gender identities.See it on page 10
- 02Gilles Deleuze’s concept of 'disjunctive synthesis' is applied to explain how individuals navigate a spectrum of gender options, framing the selection of a specific identity as an affirmation of a broader, univocal existence.See it on page 11
- 03The number of available gender options has grown significantly in recent years, with a 2014 ABC News report identifying 58 categories, a list that has since expanded through further research and the emergence of platforms like the Nonbinary Wiki.See it on page 2
- 04The study proposes that 'gender gymnastics'—the ability to adapt to and move between different gender performances—should be viewed as a positive, virtuous skill rather than a lack of fixed identity.See it on page 13
- 05Tekken, which has maintained success since its 1994 debut, provides a virtual environment where players engage in identity selection through character choice, reflecting broader societal processes of social and gender socialization.See it on page 7
- 06While traditional game studies often focus on how games perpetuate negative stereotypes, this research argues that fictitious characters can instead serve as tools to embody and explore diverse, non-traditional possibilities for identity.See it on page 1
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Press Start Mokujin and Gender Tekken's Mokujin and the Disjunctive Synthesis of Science, Technology, and Innovation Studies Subject Group School of Social and Political Sciences Given the ever-growing array of available choices of genders in games, this paper investigates how novel gender types emerge and how the performative transition from one gender to another occurs.
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