{"product_id":"manifest-destiny-20-sara-humphreys-9781496224217","title":"Manifest Destiny 2.0: Genre Trouble in Game Worlds","description":"At a time when print and film have shown the classic Western and noir genres to be racist, heteronormative, and neocolonial, Sara Humphreys's \u003ci\u003eManifest Destiny 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e asks why these genres endure so prolifically in the video game market. While video games provide a radically new and exciting medium for storytelling, most game narratives do not offer fresh ways of understanding the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Video games with complex storylines are based on enduring American literary genres that disseminate problematic ideologies, quelling cultural anxieties over economic, racial, and gender inequality through the institutional acceptance and performance of Anglo cultural, racial, and economic superiority. Although game critics and scholars recognize how genres structure games and gameplay, the concept of genre continues to be viewed as a largely invisible power, subordinate to the computational processes of programming, graphics, and the making of a multimillion-dollar best seller. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Investigating the social and cultural implications of the Western and noir genres in video games through two case studies--the best-selling games \u003ci\u003eRed Dead Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eL.A. Noire \u003c\/i\u003e(2011)--Humphreys demonstrates how the frontier myth continues to circulate exceptionalist versions of the United States. Video games spread the neoliberal and neocolonial ideologies of the genres even as they create a new form of performative literacy that intensifies the genres well beyond their originating historical contexts. \u003ci\u003eManifest Destiny 2.0\u003c\/i\u003e joins the growing body of scholarship dedicated to the historical, theoretical, critical, and cultural analysis of video games. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sara Humphreys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496224213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496224217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Sara Humphreys","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978510008575,"sku":"9781496224217","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aaed0f54-b333-4290-b834-b5a213c151ff.jpg?v=1683241945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manifest-destiny-20-sara-humphreys-9781496224217","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}