Video Games between Postcolonialism and Postcommunism

This volume sets out to investigate video games' complex entanglement with colonial legacies. By means of its methodological diversity, it offers a rich perspective on the ideological working of coloniality in video games at the intersection with multiple other power structures and economic systems. Besides Global North/South and West/East tensions, it also focuses on postcommunist contexts and their bearings on video games.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Andrei Nae
, Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.

Zusammenfassung

This volume sets out to investigate video games’ complex entanglement with colonial legacies. By means of its methodological diversity, it offers a rich perspective on the ideological working of coloniality in video games at the intersection with multiple other power structures and economic systems. Besides Global North/South and West/East tensions, it also focuses on postcommunist contexts and their bearings on video games.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrei Nae
• Mitarbeit: Andrei Nae (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Oldenbourg
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2025
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Kulturgeschichte
• EAN: 9783111622514
• ISBN: 978-3-11-162251-4
• Anzahl Seiten: 271
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 16 x 2 x 23.6 cm
• Gewicht (Verpackung): 500 g
• Serie: Video Games and the Humanities > 19
• Themen: Postkolonialismus, Postkommunismus, Kulturwissenschaften, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus, Cultural Studies, Videospiele, Video Games, Postcolonialism, Computerspiele-Design, HIS000000 HISTORY / General, Kalte Kriege und Stellvertreterkonflikte, POL010000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HIS035000 HISTORY / Study & Teaching, GAM013000 GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Electronic, postcommunism