{"product_id":"longing-ruin-and-connection-in-amy-m-green-9781032223070","title":"Longing, Ruin, and Connection in Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides an in-depth examination of the video game \u003ci\u003eDeath Stranding\u003c\/i\u003e, focusing on the game's exploration of ruin, nostalgia, and atonement as its primary symbolic, narrative, and mechanical language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOffering the first close examination of \u003ci\u003eDeath Stranding\u003c\/i\u003e's narrative, the book also incorporates a strong foundation in game studies, most especially related to the concepts of immersion and embodiment. The focus of the book lies in considering how \u003ci\u003eDeath Stranding\u003c\/i\u003e expands on the themes of ruin, longing, and the need for connection, and whether a reconciliation-on a community level, national level, or even global level-might be possible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to scholars in a variety of disciplines in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, from video game studies and media studies to English, history, philosophy, and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy M. Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032223073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032223070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/28\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 90\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d","brand":"Amy M. Green","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055687725311,"sku":"9781032223070","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75417f8e-e1e7-4cf2-87ec-8636b2372510.jpg?v=1685037208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/longing-ruin-and-connection-in-amy-m-green-9781032223070","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}