{"product_id":"playing-american-sren-schoppmeier-9783111244846","title":"Playing American: Open-World Videogames and the Reproduction of American Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eVideogames have always depicted representations of American culture, but how exactly they feed back into this culture is less obvious. Advocating an action-based understanding of both videogames and culture, this book delineates how aspects of American culture are reproduced transnationally through popular open-world videogames. \u003cem\u003ePlaying American\u003c\/em\u003e proposes an analytic focus on open-world videogames' \"ambient operations\" and traces practices of \"playing American\" through the stages of videogame development, gameplay, and reception. Three case studies - concentrating on the \u003cem\u003eGrand Theft Auto\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWatch Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eRed Dead Redemption\u003c\/em\u003e franchises, respectively - highlight different figurations of \"playing American.\" Thematic foci range from public discourses on systemic racism and neoliberal capitalism to the justification of real-world surveillance practices and to the reconfiguration of the Western in the digital age. \u003cem\u003ePlaying American\u003c\/em\u003e provides those interested in either videogames or American culture with a fresh angle and new concepts regarding its subject matters. It demonstrates that videogames are agents of cultural reproduction that do distinct cultural work for American culture in the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sen Schoppmeier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3111244849\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783111244846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter de Gruyter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Sen Schoppmeier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45477321343231,"sku":"9783111244846","price":82.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9436aabd-b1c6-4e3c-bcb9-1a5160eaf028.jpg?v=1715919697","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/playing-american-sren-schoppmeier-9783111244846","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}