1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451575603321

Titolo

Digital culture, play, and identity [[electronic resource] ] : a World of Warcraft reader / / edited by Hilde G. Corneliussen and Jill Walker Rettberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2008

ISBN

0-262-29254-8

1-282-09960-4

9786612099601

0-262-27084-6

1-4356-4328-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CorneliussenHilde

RettbergJill Walker

Disciplina

794.8

Soggetti

Computer games - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910794280703321

Autore

Azad Shirzad

Titolo

East asian politico-economic ties with the middle east : newcomers, trailblazers, and unsung stakeholders / / Shirzad Azad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, United States of America : , : Algora Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

1-62894-406-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

327.5056

Soggetti

East Asia Relations Middle East

Middle East Relations East Asia

East Asia Foreign relations 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--