Japanese Role-Playing Games - Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the Jrpg

This book examines the origins and boundaries of Japanese digital role-playing games. A geographically diverse roster of contributors introduces English-speaking audiences to Japanese video game scholarship and applies postcolonial and philosophical readings to the Japanese game text.

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Edited by Rachael Hutchinson and Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon - Contributions by Fanny Barnabé; Nökkvi Jarl Bjarnason; Joleen Blom; Andrew Campana; William Huber; Rachael Hutchinson; Daniel Johnson; Yuhsuke Koyama; Loïc Mineau-Murray; Frank Mondelli; Daichi N

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This book examines the origins and boundaries of Japanese digital role-playing games. A geographically diverse roster of contributors introduces English-speaking audiences to Japanese video game scholarship and applies postcolonial and philosophical readings to the Japanese game text.

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• Authors: Rachael Pelletier-Gagnon Hutchinson
• Assisted by: Rachael Hutchinson (Editor), Hutchinson Rachael (Editor), Jeremie Pelletier-Gagnon (Editor), Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.02.2024
• EAN: 9781793643568
• ISBN: 978-1-79364-356-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Japan, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Asian History, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Computer games / online games: strategy guides, Role-playing, war games & fantasy sports, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Role Playing & Fantasy, Role-playing, war games and fantasy sports