{"product_id":"gaming-utopia-9780253054487","title":"Gaming Utopia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Pederson brings a particular and consistent understanding of what a 'game' is, one that distinguishes her work from that of other gaming scholars.\"—Kevin Hamilton, author of \u003ci\u003eLookout America! The Secret Hollywood Studio at the Heart of the Cold War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGaming Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is meticulously researched and provides original insights through its focus on the relationship between avant-garde traditions and political theories of emancipatory social change. . . . It uses highly accessible language and will most definitely be of interest to a general audience interested in the history and culture of videogames, as well as in issues relating to activism and emancipatory social change.\"—Judith Aston, editor of \u003ci\u003eI-Docs: The Evolving Practices of Interactive Documentary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Avant-Garde Plays\u003cbr\u003e2. Action, Participation, and the Digital Avant-Garde\u003cbr\u003e3. Cybernetic Ecologies of Art and Counterculture\u003cbr\u003e4. Gaming Electronic Civil Disobedience\u003cbr\u003e5. A Dreampolitik of Persuasive and Other Queer Games\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Unfinished Processes\u003cbr\u003eReferences\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400606261591,"sku":"9780253054487","price":59.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253054487.jpg?v=1730471092","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gaming-utopia-9780253054487","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}