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Gamer nation : video games and American culture
- Title
- Gamer nation : video games and American culture / John Wills.
- Author
- Wills, John, 1971-
- Publication
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-4914 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 286 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book takes a cultural studies approach to analyzing video games for young players. It considers not only how games reflect myths in American culture but also how they propagate those myths through their design, imagery, and scenarios of violence"--
- Alternative Title
- Video games and American culture
- Subject
- Video games and children > United States
- Video games and teenagers > United States
- Video games > Social aspects > United States
- Video games > Design > Psychological aspects
- Violence in video games
- Video games and children
- Video games and teenagers
- Video games > Social aspects
- Videospiel
- Computerspiel
- United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index.
- Contents
- Games and new frontiers -- Playing cowboys and Indians in the digital West -- Cold War gaming -- 9/11 code -- Fighting the virtual War on Terror -- Grand theft Los Angeles -- Second life, second America -- Converging worlds.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-4914
- ISBN
- 9781421428703
- 1421428709
- 9781421428697 (canceled/invalid)
- 1421428695 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018033821
- 40029021664
- OCLC
- 1057752100
- Author
- Wills, John, 1971- author.
- Title
- Gamer nation : video games and American culture / John Wills.
- Publisher
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029021664
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-4914