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

Corneliussen, Hilde, 1969- [Hrsg.] ; Rettberg, Jill Walker

Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : MIT Press, c2008

VIII, 304 S. : Ill. ; 24 cm

Englisch

Introduction: "Orc professor LFG," or, Researching in Azeroth culture / Hilde Corneliussen and Jill Walker

Corporate ideology in World of Warcraft / Scott Rettberg

"Never such innocence again" : war and histories in World of Warcraft / Esther MacCallum-Stewart

World of Warcraft as a playground for feminism / Hilde Corneliussen

The familiar and the foreign : playing (post)colonialism in World of Warcraft world / Jessica Langer

A hollow world : World of Warcaft as spatial practice / Espen Aarseth

World creation and lore : World of Warcraft as rich text / Tanya Krzywinska

What makes World of Warcraft a world? : a note on death and dying / Lisbeth Klastrup

Quests in World of Warcraft : deferral and repetition play / Jill Walker

Does World of Warcraft change everything? : how a PVP server, multinational playerbase, and surveillance mod scene caused me pause / T.L. Taylor

Humans playing World of Warcraft, or, Deviant strategies? / Torill Elvira Mortensen

Role-play vs gameplay : the difficulties of playing a role in World of Warcraft identity / Esther MacCallum-Stewart and Justin Parsler

Character identification in World of Warcraft : the relationship between capacity and appearance / Ragnhild Tronstad

Playing with names : gaming and naming in World of Warcraft / Charlotte Hagström

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online-Ausg.: Digital Culture, Play, and Identity / T. L Taylor

978-0-262-03370-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2007020839

b822176

OCoLC: 239526202     

OCoLC: 137246015 (aus SWB)     

MS 1290  | SU 500  | AP 15963  | AP 18200      Ähnliche Literatur

GV1469.27

794.8

Basisklassifikation: 54.88 (Computer in der Freizeit) ; 71.59 (Kultursoziologie: Sonstiges) ; 05.20 (Kommunikation und Gesellschaft)

SSG-Nummer(n): 3,5

*World of Warcraft ; Sozialanthropologie ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

*World of Warcraft ; Alltagskultur ; Aufsatzsammlung      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Computer games -- Social aspects ; World of Warcraft (Game)

World of Warcraft ; Computer games / Social aspects

Introduction: "Orc professor LFG," or, Researching in Azeroth culture / Hilde Corneliussen and Jill Walker -- Corporate ideology in World of Warcraft / Scott Rettberg -- "Never such innocence again" : war and histories in World of Warcraft / Esther MacCallum-Stewart -- World of Warcraft as a playground for feminism / Hilde Corneliussen -- The familiar and the foreign : playing (post)colonialism in World of Warcraft world / Jessica Langer -- A hollow world : World of Warcaft as spatial practice / Espen Aarseth -- World creation and lore : World of Warcraft as rich text / Tanya Krzywinska -- What makes World of Warcraft a world? : a note on death and dying / Lisbeth Klastrup -- Quests in World of Warcraft : deferral and repetition play / Jill Walker -- Does World of Warcraft change everything? : how a PVP server, multinational playerbase, and surveillance mod scene caused me pause / T.L. Taylor -- Humans playing World of Warcraft, or, Deviant strategies? / Torill Elvira Mortensen -- Role-play vs gameplay : the difficulties of playing a role in World of Warcraft identity / Esther MacCallum-Stewart and Justin Parsler -- Character identification in World of Warcraft : the relationship between capacity and appearance / Ragnhild Tronstad -- Playing with names : gaming and naming in World of Warcraft / Charlotte Hagström