Digital culture, play, and identity : a World of Warcraft reader / / edited by Hilde G. Corneliussen and Jill Walker Rettberg.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Corneliussen, Hilde.; Rettberg, Jill Walker.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 304 p. :; ill.
• Other title: Introduction: "Orc professor LFG," or, Researching in Azeroth culture /; Corporate ideology in World of Warcraft /; "Never such innocence again" : war and histories in World of Warcraft /; World of Warcraft as a playground for feminism /; The familiar and the foreign : playing (post)colonialism in World of Warcraft world /; A hollow world : World of Warcaft as spatial practice /; What makes World of Warcraft a world? : a note on death and dying / Lisbeth Klastrup --; Quests in World of Warcraft : deferral and repetition play /; Does World of Warcraft change everything? : how a PVP server, multinational playerbase, and surveillance mod scene caused me pause /; Humans playing World of Warcraft, or, Deviant strategies? /; Role-play vs gameplay : the difficulties of playing a role in World of Warcraft identity /; Character identification in World of Warcraft : the relationship between capacity and appearance /; Playing with names : gaming and naming in World of Warcraft /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780262033701 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Hilde G. Corneliussen and Jill Walker Rettberg.