Digital Culture, Play, and Identity - Table of Contents

May 2008
7 x 9, 304 pp., 24 illus.
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ISBN-10:
0-262-03370-4
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-03370-1

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Digital Culture, Play, and Identity
A World of Warcraft^® Reader
Edited by Hilde G. Corneliussen and Jill Walker Rettberg

	Acknowledgments	vii

	Introduction: "Orc Professor LFG," or Researching in Azeroth Hilde G. Corneliussen and Jill Walker Rettberg Sample Chapter - Download PDF (480 KB)	1

	Culture	17

1	Corporate Ideology in World of Warcraft Scott Rettberg	19

2	"Never Such Innocence Again" War and Histories in World of Warcraft Esther MacCallum-Stewart	39

3	World of Warcraft as a Playground for Feminism Hilde G. Corneliussen	63

4	The Familiar and the Foreign Playing (Post)Colonialism in World of Warcraft Jessica Langer	87

	World	109

5	A Hollow World World of Warcraft as Spatial Practice Espen Aarseth	111

6	World Creation and Lore World of Warcraft as Rich Text Tanya Krzywinska	123

7	What Makes World of Warcraft a World? A Note on Death and Dying Lisbeth Klastrup	143

8	Quests in World of Warcraft Deferral and Repetition Jill Walker Rettberg	167

	Play	185

9	Does World of Warcraft Change Everything? How a PvP Server, Multinational Playerbase, and Surveillance Mod Scene Caused Me Pause T. L. Taylor	187

10	Humans Playing World of Warcraft: or Deviant Strategies? Torill Elvira Mortensen	203

11	Role-play vs. Gameplay The Difficulties of Playing a Role in World of Warcraft Esther MacCallum-Stewart and Justin Parsler	225

	Identity	247

12	Character Identification in World of Warcraft The Relationship between Capacity and Appearance Ragnhild Tronstad	249

13	Playing with Names Gaming and Naming in World of Warcraft Charlotte Hagström	265

	Contributors Sample Chapter - Download PDF (55 KB)	287

	Glossary	291

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (75 KB)	295

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