{"product_id":"material-game-studies-chloe-germaine-9781350202726","title":"Material Game Studies: A Philosophy of Analogue Play","description":"This is the first volume to apply insights from the material turn in philosophy to the study of play and games. At a time of renewed interest in analogue gaming, as scholars are looking beyond the digital and virtual for the first time since the inception of game studies in the 1990s, \u003ci\u003eMaterial Game Studies\u003c\/i\u003e not only supports the importance of the (re)turn to the analogue, but proposes a materiality of play more broadly. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eRecognizing the entanglement of physical materiality with cultural meaning, the authors in this volume apply a range of theoretical approaches, from material eco-criticism to animal studies, to examine games and play as existing within worlds of matter. Different chapters focus on the material properties of board, card and role-playing games, how they are designed and made, how they are touched and played with, and how they connect with other human and nonhuman things. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBringing together international scholars, \u003ci\u003eMaterial Game Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003edefines a new field of material game studies and\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how it is a valuable addition to wider debates about the material turn and the place of embodied humans in a material world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chloe Germaine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 135020272X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350202726\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.55d","brand":"Chloe Germaine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46136149803263,"sku":"9781350202726","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19ae972a-01b9-41c0-8c37-49b8426021a8.jpg?v=1726415829","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/material-game-studies-chloe-germaine-9781350202726","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}