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...
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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 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Timeline of Dynasties
- Introduction: Gameplay in Chinese and Sinophone Worlds
- 1. Groups on the Grid: Weiqi Cultures in Song-Yuan-Ming China
- 2. Newly Discovered Game Board Rock Carvings in Hong Kong: Apotropaic Symbolism or Ludic Culture?
- 3. Splendid Journeys: The Board Games of a Late Qing Scholar
- 4 Exclusive Pleasures on the Cheap: Yuan Dynasty Sanqu Songs on Courtesan Kickball
- 5. Games in Late Ming and Early Qing Erotic Literature
- 6. The Courtesans' Drinking Games in The Dream in the Green Bower
- 7. Ghostly Dicing: Gambling Games and Deception in Ming-Qing Short Stories
- 8. Playing Journey to the West
- 9. How China's Young "Internet Addicts" Gamify the Disciplinary Treatment Camp
- 10. Gaming while Aging: The Ludification of Later Life in Pokémon GO
- 11. The Video Game Chinese Parents and Its Political Potentials
- 12. The Public Gaming Discourse of Honor of Kings in China
- 13. Translation and Chinese Culture in Video Games
- Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- List of Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover.
