Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games (ISSN)

Synopsis

This book explores the representations of Central and Eastern European histories in digital games.Focusing on games that examine a range of national histories and heritages from across Central and Eastern Europe, the volume looks beyond the diversity of the local histories depicted in games, and the audience reception of these histories, to show a diversity of approaches which can be used in examining historical games – from postcolonialism to identity politics to heritage studies. The book includes chapters on Serbia, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Czechia, Finland, and (a Western guest with regional connections) Luxembourg. Through the lens of video games, the authors address how nations struggle with the legacies of war, colonialism, and religious strife that have been a part of nation-building - but also how victimized cultures can survive, resist, and sometimes prevail.Appealing primarily to scholars in the fields of game studies, heritage studies, postcolonial criticism, and media studies, this book will be particularly useful for the subfields of historical game studies and postcolonial game studies.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781040164570

Related ISBNs:

9781040164556, 9781003461326, 9781032609676

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

10/17/24

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Michał Mochocki, Paweł Schreiber, Jakub Majewski, and Yaraslau I. Kot

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Reference, Computers and Internet

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Michał Mochocki

Edited by:

Paweł Schreiber

Edited by:

Jakub Majewski

Edited by:

Yaraslau I. Kot