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UNINA9910451575603321 |
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Titolo |
Digital culture, play, and identity [[electronic resource] ] : a World of Warcraft reader / / edited by Hilde G. Corneliussen and Jill Walker Rettberg |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008 |
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0-262-29254-8 |
1-282-09960-4 |
9786612099601 |
0-262-27084-6 |
1-4356-4328-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CorneliussenHilde |
RettbergJill Walker |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Computer games - Social aspects |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 HagstroĢm. |
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UNINA9910794280703321 |
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Autore |
Azad Shirzad |
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Titolo |
East asian politico-economic ties with the middle east : newcomers, trailblazers, and unsung stakeholders / / Shirzad Azad |
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New York, United States of America : , : Algora Publishing, , 2019 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations |
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East Asia Relations Middle East |
Middle East Relations East Asia |
East Asia Foreign relations 21st century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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China in the Middle East: Aspiring to become a great powerbroker -- Japan: Eyeing a new role in Middle East Affairs -- South Korea: A relentless quest for a second boom -- North Korea: Seeking normalcy since the demise of Kim Il-Sung -- Unknown and undetected: Taiwan's resilient and viable approach -- Dollar dances with Dirham: Hong Kong's growing Mideast role. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"China with its Belt and Road, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and the Koreas all have a stake in the development of the Middle East and Central Asia, whether Persian, Arab or Turkic. While the U.S. acts as if the Middle East were somehow its own colony to exploit, other states are actively building mutually beneficial cultural and commercial ties, and they're boosting each other's development. The author reviews the various players and outlines the array of positive steps they are taking to build a strong future together. This provides a backdrop for Americans to ponder whether our approach is the most productive"-- |
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