Games & play in Chinese & Sinophone cultures
"Weiqi (aka go), one of the world's oldest board games, originated in China, and a variety of card, dice, board, sport, and performance games developed over the millennia, up to today's thriving digital game industry. In exploring games and practices of play across social and historic...
| Otros Autores: | , , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Seattle :
University of Washington Press
2024.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009841231606719 |
| Sumario: | "Weiqi (aka go), one of the world's oldest board games, originated in China, and a variety of card, dice, board, sport, and performance games developed over the millennia, up to today's thriving digital game industry. In exploring games and practices of play across social and historical contexts, this volume reflects on representations of gender, class, materiality, and imaginations of the nation in Chinese and Sinophone contexts. Among the topics explored are rock carvings of board games, weiqi cultures, scholars' and courtesans' games, gambling, games based on literature, internet-game addiction, video-game politics, and appropriation of Chinese culture in video games"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780295752419 |
