{"product_id":"indigenomicon-jodi-a-byrd-9781478029274","title":"Indigenomicon: American Indians, Video Games, and the Structures of Dispossession","description":"Settler colonial studies and Indigenous studies are often assumed to be the same intellectual project. In \u003ci\u003eIndigenomicon\u003c\/i\u003e, Jodi A. Byrd examines the differences between the two fields by bringing video game studies and Indigenous studies into conversation with Black studies, queer studies, and Indigenous feminist critique. Byrd theorizes \"the image of the law of the Indigenous\" as structuring dispossession in games including \u003ci\u003eAssassin's Creed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnimal Crossing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBioShock Infinite\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDemon Souls\u003c\/i\u003e. They demonstrate how games and play might reveal histories of slavery, genocide, and theft of Indigenous lands even as their structures obscure Indigenous spatial and embodied practices that prioritize relationships with land, water, plants, and spirits. With ground and relationality defined as key concepts, Byrd centers Indigenous visions of dystopias to reveal how game spaces encode settler structures of governance even as the design of games might yet provide vital modes of resistance to Indigenous erasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jodi A. Byrd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478029277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478029274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Jodi A. Byrd","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47452709191935,"sku":"9781478029274","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e6fc109-ea82-4f2e-8b2a-ec40b326665e.jpg?v=1761930035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/indigenomicon-jodi-a-byrd-9781478029274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}