"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 violence and indecency to minors. This work presents essays that examine the complex and popular GTA phenomenon"--Provided by publisher

• An introduction to grand thef auto studies Nate Garrelts
• Aphra Kerr
• Mark Finn
• David Leonard
• Tanner Higgin
• David Annandale
• Dennis Redmond
• Laurie N. Taylor
• Timothy J. Welsh
• Zach Whalen
• Ian Bogost and Dan Klainbaum
• John A. Unger and Karla V. Kingsley
• Cindy Poremba
• Wm. Ruffin Bailey
• David Parry Spilling hot coffee? Grand theft auto as contested cultural product Political interface: the banning of GTA3 in Australia Virtual gangstas, coming to a suburban house near you: demonization, commodification, and policing blackness Play-fighting: understanding violence in Grand Theft Auto III The subversive carnival of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Grand theft video: running and gunning for the U.S. empire From stompin' mushrooms to bustin' heads: Grand Theft Auto III as paradigm shift Everyday play: cruising for leisure in San Andreas Cruising in San Andreas: ludic space and urban aesthetics in Grand Theft Auto Experiencing place in Los Santos and Vice City Positioning and creating the semiotic self in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Against embedded agency: subversion and emergence in GTA3 Inviting subversion: metalepses and Tmesis in Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto series Playing with style: negotiating digital games studies