Video Games and Spatiality in American Studies

Video Games and Spatiality in American Studies
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 423
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ISBN-10 : 9783110675238
ISBN-13 : 3110675234
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Book Synopsis Video Games and Spatiality in American Studies by : Dietmar Meinel

Download or read book Video Games and Spatiality in American Studies written by Dietmar Meinel and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While video games have blossomed into the foremost expression of contemporary popular culture over the past decades, their critical study occupies a fringe position in American Studies. In its engagement with video games, this book contributes to their study but with a thematic focus on a particularly important subject matter in American Studies: spatiality. The volume explores the production, representation, and experience of places in video games from the perspective of American Studies. Contributions critically interrogate the use of spatial myths ("wilderness," "frontier," or "city upon a hill"), explore games as digital borderlands and contact zones, and offer novel approaches to geographical literacy. Eventually, Playing the Field II brings the rich theoretical repertoire of the study of space in American Studies into conversation with questions about the production, representation, and experience of space in video games.


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