Central and Eastern European Histories and Heritages in Video Games
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.Book details
- Series:
- ISSN
- Author:
- Michał Mochocki, Paweł Schreiber, Jakub Majewski, Yaraslau I. Kot
- ISBN:
- 9781040164570
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781040164556, 9781003461326, 9781032609676
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- No
- Date of addition:
- 2024-10-16
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2025
- Copyright by:
- selection and editorial matter, Michał Mochocki, Paweł Schreiber, Jakub Majewski, and Yaraslau I. Kot
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Computers and Internet, History, Nonfiction, Reference