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Digital culture, play, and identity : a World of Warcraft reader
Corneliussen, Hilde.
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MIT Press, |
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c2008. |
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viii, 304 p. : |
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9780262033701 |
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GV1469.27 .D55 2008
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From: Syndetics Solutions, Inc.
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ISBN:
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9780262033701 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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ISBN:
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0262033704 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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GV1469.27 .D55 2008
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Title:
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Digital culture, play, and identity : a World of Warcraft reader / edited by Hilde G. Corneliussen and Jill Walker Rettberg.
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Publication info:
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Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2008.
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Physical description:
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viii, 304 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents:
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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.
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Title subject:
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World of Warcraft.
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Subject:
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Computer games--Social aspects.
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Personal author:
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Corneliussen, Hilde.
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Personal author:
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Rettberg, Jill Walker.
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