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  • Red Dead Redemption

    History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West

    Edited by John Wills, Esther Wright ...
    Series series The Popular West
    While the Western was dying a slow death across the cultural landscape, it was blazing back to life as a video game in the early twenty-first century. Rockstar Games’ Red Dead franchise, beginning with Red Dead Revolver in 2004, has grown into one of the most critically acclaimed video game franchises of the twenty-first century. Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Why I Teach

    Inspirational True Stories from Teachers Who Make a Difference

    by Esther Wright M.A. ...
    A Celebration of the Power of TeachingThere is a moment for most teachers when the lure of working with kids surpasses all logic: You know, you just know, that you are meant to teach. But in the day-to-day crush of details and bus duty, politics and paperwork, or kids without their homework for the eighth day in a row, life can erode passion and distract you from your sense of purpose. This ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Writing Game Histories

    Edited by Esther Wright, Iain Donald, Nick Webber ...
    Series series Writing History
    This book offers an accessible introduction to the dynamic intersection between history and games, and the flourishing discipline of Historical Game Studies. From the representation of the past found in games with historical themes and settings- both digital and analogue- to the histories we might write about games, their development, use and the cultures and discourses that surround them, these ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

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    Red Dead Redemption

    History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game West

    Narrated by Andrew Joseph Perez ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 14 min

    While the Western was dying a slow death across the cultural landscape, it was blazing back to life as a video game in the early twenty-first century. Rockstar Games' Red Dead franchise, beginning with Red Dead Revolver in 2004, has grown into one of the most critically acclaimed video game franchises of the twenty-first century. Red Dead Redemption: History, Myth, and Violence in the Video Game ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • On Video Games

    The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space

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    Today over half of all American households own a dedicated game console and gaming industry profits trump those of the film industry worldwide. In this book, Soraya Murray moves past the technical discussions of games and offers a fresh and incisive look at their cultural dimensions. She critically explores blockbusters likeThe Last of Us, Metal Gear Solid, Spec Ops: The Line, Tomb Raider and ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction

    Edited by Lisa Yaszek, Sonja Fritzsche, Keren Omry, Wendy Gay Pearson ...
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    The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction is the first large-scale reference work of its kind, critically assessing the relations of gender and genre in science fiction (SF) especially—but not exclusively—as explored in speculative art by women and LGBTQ+ artists across the world.This global volume builds upon the traditions of interdisciplinary inquiry by connecting established topics ... Read more

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  • Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies

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    From Gaming Technologies to Model Minorities

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  • Everything and Less

    The Novel in the Age of Amazon

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  • Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers

    Exploring Participatory Culture

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    Brings together the highlights of a decade and a half of groundbreaking research into the cultural life of media consumersHenry Jenkins's pioneering work in the early 1990s promoted the idea that fans are among the most active, creative, critically engaged, and socially connected consumers of popular culture and that they represent the vanguard of a new relationship with mass media. Though ... Read more

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