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Author Humphreys, Sara, 1968- author.

Title Manifest destiny 2.0 : genre trouble in game worlds / Sara Humphreys.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource.
text file
Series Postwestern horizons
Postwestern horizons.
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Game and the Nation -- 2. Manifest Memory -- 3. Virtual Indian Removal -- 4. "He's Everything" -- 5. Blanching Noire -- 6. Burning Down the House -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Examining the social and cultural implications of noir and Western narratives in video games, Manifest Destiny 2.0 explores the performative literacy of gaming as a means by which Western and noir genres continue to influence twenty-first-century attitudes and global culture.
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Subject Western stories in video games.
Western stories in video games.
Noir fiction in video games.
Noir fiction in video games.
Narration in video games.
Narration in video games.
Video games -- Literary themes, motives.
Video games -- Literary themes, motives.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
LITERARY CRITICISM / Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9780803268470 0803268475 9781496224217 1496224213 (DLC) 2020011782 (OCoLC)1150994125
ISBN 9781496224804 (electronic book)
1496224809 (electronic book)
9780803268470
0803268475
9781496224217
1496224213