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Informationen zum Autor Harry J. Brown is Assistant Professor of English at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he teaches courses in American literature and new media. He completed his doctorate at Lehigh University in 2003. His first book, Injun Joe's Ghost: The Indian Mixed-Blood in American Writing, was published in 2004. He resides in Greencastle with his wife and two daughters. Klappentext Videogames challenge our notions of identity, creativity, and moral value, and provide a powerful new avenue for teaching and learning. This book is a rich and provocative guide to the role of interactive media in cultural learning. It searches for specific ways to interpret videogames in the context of human experience and in the field of humanities research. Zusammenfassung Video games challenge our notions of identity, creativity, and moral value, and provide a powerful new avenue for teaching and learning. This book discusses the role of interactive media in cultural learning. It searches for specific ways to interpret video games in the context of human experience and in the field of humanities research. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Poetics; Chapter 1 Videogames and Storytelling; Chapter 2 Videogame Aesthetics; Chapter 3 Videogames and Film; Part 2 Rhetoric; Chapter 4 Politics, Persuasion, and Propaganda in Videogames; Chapter 5 The Ethics of Videogames; Chapter 6 Religion and Myth in Videogames; Part 3 Pedagogy; Chapter 7 Videogames, History, and Education; Chapter 8 Identity and community in Virtual Worlds; Chapter 9 Modding, Education, and Art;
