Postmillennial Pop. Open World Empire : : Race, Erotics, and the Global Rise of Video Games / / Christopher B. Patterson.

Seeking ways to understand video games beyond their imperial logics, Patterson turns to erotics to re-invigorate the potential passions and pleasures of playVideo games vastly outpace all other mediums of entertainment in revenue and in global reach. On the surface, games do not appear ideological,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020]
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Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
Series:Postmillennial Pop ; 26
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 27 Halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Introduction: Touching Empire, Playing Theory
  • Part I. Asiatic
  • 1. Global Game: Race Play / Intimacy
  • 2. Ludophile: Author Auteur / Asian
  • 3. Ars Erotica: Utopia Aphrodisia / Role Play
  • [Pause]
  • Part II. Erotics
  • 4. Posture: Plunge Dread / Vulnerability
  • 5. Loop: Violence Pleasure / Far Cry
  • 6. E-motion: Transpacific Virtual / Blur
  • Coda
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author