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21st Century Retro: "Mad Men" and 1960s America in Film and Television
This book offers a vocabulary to discuss contemporary televisual productions that revisit recent pasts in self-conscious and non-nostalgic ways.
Martin Lorber
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Felix Zimmermann
(eds.)
History in Games
Contingencies of an Authentic Past
From the perspective of historical game studies this book illuminates historical authenticity, a buzzword used by game developers and consumers alike.
Narrative Mechanics
Strategies and Meanings in Games and Real Life
What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? The book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life.
Emir Bektic
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Daniela Bruns
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Sonja Gabriel
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Florian Kelle
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Gerhard Pölsterl
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Felix Schniz
(eds.)
Mixed Reality and Games
Theoretical and Practical Approaches in Game Studies and Education
This book provides a multidisciplinary approach to the complex topic of mixed reality in video games – through the lenses of design, education, and theory.
Espen Aarseth
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Stephan Günzel
(eds.)
Ludotopia
Spaces, Places and Territories in Computer Games
Space is the dominant element of computer games. This book successfully explores the various relations between games and spatial representation, and thus opens up a new field in game studies.
Time and Space in Video Games
A Cognitive-Formalist Approach
For his comprehensive analysis of the temporality of video games Federico Alvarez Igarzábal combines detailed formal analysis with cognitive-scientific theories of time perception.
Anonymity Performance in Electronic Pop Music
A Performance Ethnography of Critical Practices
Critical anonymity performance in electronic pop music calls for experimental research and writing towards a performance ethnography of music culture.
Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf
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Stephan Milich
(eds.)
Creative Resistance
Political Humor in the Arab Uprisings
This volume explores political humor as a creative tool for resistance. It analyzes the interdependencies between humorous forms of cultural expression and socio-political developments in different countries.
Mario Dunkel
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Sina A. Nitzsche
(eds.)
Popular Music and Public Diplomacy
Transnational and Transdisciplinary Perspectives
From Jazz to Hip-Hop – This book illuminates the use of popular music in international relations and its repercussions from the 20th century until the present.
Games and Rules
Game Mechanics for the »Magic Circle«
Why do we play games? What are the rules for the Magic Circle? This book takes a closer look at the motivational system that is the game mechanics.