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The race card from gaming technologies to model minorities

Title
The race card [electronic resource] : from gaming technologies to model minorities / Tara Fickle.
Author
Fickle, Tara.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, [2019]

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Description
1 online resource (viii, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Summary
"The Race Card" explores gaming technologies and the concept of a "model minority."
Series Statement
Postmillennial pop
Uniform Title
Race card (Online)
Alternative Title
Race card (Online)
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.
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Contents
Introduction : Ludo-Orientalism and the gamification of race -- Evening the odds through Chinese exclusion -- Just deserts : a game theory of the Japanese American internment -- Against the odds : from model minority to model majority -- West of the magic circle : the Orientalist origins of game studies -- Mobile frontiers : Pokémon after Pearl Harbor -- Game over? Internet addiction, gold farming, and the race card in a post-racial age.
LCCN
2018060476
OCLC
ssj0002198674
Author
Fickle, Tara.
Title
The race card [electronic resource] : from gaming technologies to model minorities / Tara Fickle.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, [2019]
Series
Postmillennial pop
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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