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- Book Title
- Being Dragonborn : Critical Essays on the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- ISBN
- 9781476677842
- Publication Name
- Being Dragonborn : Critical Essays on the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Item Length
- 10in
- Publisher
- Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Series
- Studies in Gaming Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Item Width
- 7in
- Item Weight
- 15.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 236 Pages
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is one of the bestselling and most influential video games of the past decade. From the return of world-threatening dragons to an ongoing civil war, the province of Skyrim is rich with adventure, lore, magic, history, and stunning vistas. Beyond its visual spectacle alone, Skyrim is an exemplary gameworld that reproduces out-of-game realities, controversies, and histories for its players. Being Dragonborn , then, comes to signify a host of ethical and ideological choices for the player, both inside and outside the gameworld. These essays show how playing Skyrim , in many ways, is akin to "playing" 21st century America with its various crises, conflicts, divisions, and inequalities. Topics covered include racial inequality and white supremacy, gender construction and misogyny, the politics of modding, rhetorics of gameplay, and narrative features.
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Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
ISBN-10
1476677840
ISBN-13
9781476677842
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12050085566
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Being Dragonborn : Critical Essays on the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Series
Studies in Gaming Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
236 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
10in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
7in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Gv1469.35.S55b45
Reviews
"Whether you are a games scholar, a student, or a fan of the Elder Scrolls franchise there is something for everyone in Being Dragonborn . Mike Piero and Marc A. Ouellette have curated a stellar collection of thoughtfully crafted and accessibly written critical essays on Skyrim that is sure to be added to many reading lists. Diverse in its perspectives, this edited collection dives into the complexities of one of the most compelling video games of its time in terms of world design, lore, and scope of possible gameplay. With Skyrim at the core, the chapters unfold through carefully interwoven topics including heroism, agency, ethics, emergent narrative, and more. A must read for anyone who is interested in the socio, political, and cultural impact of Skyrim in particular, and video games in general."--Kelly Boudreau, Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, "Whether you are a games scholar, a student, or a fan of the Elder Scrolls franchise there is something for everyone in Being Dragonborn. Mike Piero and Marc A. Ouellette have curated a stellar collection of thoughtfully crafted and accessibly written critical essays on Skyrim that is sure to be added to many reading lists. Diverse in its perspectives, this edited collection dives into the complexities of one of the most compelling video games of its time in terms of world design, lore, and scope of possible gameplay. With Skyrim at the core, the chapters unfold through carefully interwoven topics including heroism, agency, ethics, emergent narrative, and more. A must read for anyone who is interested in the socio, political, and cultural impact of Skyrim in particular, and video games in general."--Kelly Boudreau, Harrisburg University of Science & Technology
Table of Content
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Skyrim as an Exemplary Gameworld Mike Piero and Marc A. Ouellette Part I: "Skyrim is our land": Neomedievalism, Heroism and Ethno-Nationalist Gameplay From Hero to Zero: Nationalistic Narratives and the Dogma of Being Dragonborn Joshua Call and Thomas Lecaque Grounding the Neomedieval Gameworld: The Dragonborn Between History and Myth Alicia McKenzie Expanding the Frontier Through War: Skyrim's Ludic Contribution to the Frontier Myth Brent Kice Part II: "Then I took an arrow in the knee": Agency and Alterity Queer Harpies and Vicious Dryads: Hagravens, Spriggans and Abject Female Monstrosity in Skyrim Sarah Stang All the Wheels of Cheese: Hoarding and Collecting Behaviors in Skyrim D'An Knowles Ball Escapism as Contested Space: The Politics of Modding Skyrim Liamog S. Drislane Part III: "Sky above, voice within": Ethics and Politics Within Skyrim's Cosmology Nature Versus Player: Skyrim Players and Modders as Ecological Force Misha Grifka Wander Portraits of the Neomedieval Family-Idyllic: Patriarchal Oikos and a Love Without Love in Skyrim Mike Piero and Marc A. Ouellette Skyrim's Competitive Cosmology: A Fluctuating Economy of Power and Parasitic Deification Trevor B. Williams Testing Your Thu'um: Rhetoric, Violence, Uncertainty and the Dragonborn Stephen M. Llano Part IV: "Who wrote the Elder Scrolls?" Emergent Narratives and Difficult Questions Emergent Worlds and Illusions of Agency: Worldbuilding as Design Practice in Skyrim Wendi Sierra Taking Your Time as Dragonborn: Reconciling Skyrim's Ludic and Narrative Dimensions Through a Detective Story Typology Andrew A. Todd The Death of Paarthurnax: The "Good Temptation"? C. Anne Engert and Tony Perrello About the Contributors Index
Topic
General, Video & Electronic
Lccn
2021-025218
Dewey Decimal
794.8
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Games & Activities, Sports & Recreation
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