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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sara HumphreysPublisher: University of Nebraska Press Imprint: University of Nebraska Press ISBN: 9781496224217ISBN 10: 1496224213 Pages: 277 Publication Date: 01 February 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order ![]() Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Game and the Nation: Legacies of the Frontier Western 2. Manifest Memory: The Role of Mexico in Red Dead Redemption 3. Virtual Indian Removal: Why Indigenous Knowledge Matters in Game Development 4. “He’s Everything”: Making the Man in L.A. Noire 5. Blanching Noire: The Performance of White Womanhood and Middle-Class Identity 6. Burning Down the House: Murder, Corruption, and the Middle Class Afterword Notes Bibliography IndexReviews[Sara Humphreys] demonstrates the ways in which games and, more specifically, reward systems, are aligned with troubling ideological positions related to race, class, and gender. . . . [She] draws on a broad range of scholars and theorists of narrative [with the result being] a rich network of sources that help connect the functioning of game-based storytelling to a broader understanding of narrative. -Holly Willis, author of Fast Fast Forward: The Future(s) of the Cinematic Arts -- Holly Willis “[Sara Humphreys] demonstrates the ways in which games and, more specifically, reward systems are aligned with troubling ideological positions related to race, class, and gender. . . . [She] draws on a broad range of scholars and theorists of narrative [with the result being] a rich network of sources that help connect the functioning of game-based storytelling to a broader understanding of narrative.”—Holly Willis, author of Fast Forward: The Future(s) of the Cinematic Arts Author InformationSara Humphreys is an assistant teaching professor of English at the University of Victoria. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |