Playful Identities
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Amsterdam
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9789089646392; 9789048523030
Subjects: Media studies; Electronic, holographic & video art; The arts: general issues
Description: In this edited volume, eighteen scholars examine the increasing role of digital media technologies in identity construction through play. Going beyond computer games, this interdisciplinary collection argues that present-day play and games are not only appropriate metaphors for capturing postmodern human identities, but are in fact the means by which people create their identity. From discussions of World of Warcraft and Foursquare to digital cartographies, the combined essays form a groundbreaking volume that features the most recent insights in play and game studies, media research, and identity studies.
Notes: FP7 Ideas: European Research Council 283464 FP7

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