Description: Videogames and Postcolonialism : Empire Plays Back, Hardcover by Mukherjee, Souvik, ISBN 3319548212, ISBN-13 9783319548210, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
This book focuses on the almost entirely neglected treatment of empire and colonialism in videogames. From its inception in the nineties, Game Studies has kept away from these issues despite the early popularity of videogame franchises such as Civilization and Age of Empire. This book examines the complex ways in which some videogames construct conceptions of spatiality, political systems, ethics and society that are often deeply imbued with colonialism. Moving beyond questions pertaining to European and American gaming cultures, this book addresses issues that relate to a global audience – including, especially, the millions who play videogames in the formerly colonised countries, seeking to make a timely intervention by creating a larger awareness of global cultural issues in videogame research. Addressing a major gap in Game Studies research, this book will connect to discourses of post-colonial theory at large and thereby, provide another entry-point for this new medium of communication into larger Humanities discourses.
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Book Title: Videogames and Postcolonialism : Empire Plays Back
Number of Pages: VII, 120 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
Topic: General, Video & Electronic
Publication Year: 2017
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, Games & Activities
Item Weight: 98.3 Oz
Author: Souvik Mukherjee
Item Length: 8.3 in
Item Width: 5.8 in
Format: Hardcover