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Modes of esports engagement in Overwatch
This Open Access book provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly developing esport phenomenon by examining one of its contemporary flagship titles, Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment 2016), through three central themes and from a rich variety of research methods and perspectives. As a game with more than 40 million individual players, an annual international World Cup, and a franchised profe…
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- Ed. 1
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- 9783030827670
- Collation
- XVII, 229
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- -
- Call Number
- 794.8 Mod
Wanderers : literature, culture and the open road
This book introduces the idea and experience of wandering, as re-fected in cultural texts from popular songs to philosophical anal-ysis, providing both a fascinating informal history and a necessary vantage point for understanding—in our era—the emergence of new wanderers. Wanderers offers a fast-paced, wide-ranging, and compelling in-troduction to this s…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003255307
- Collation
- xii + 143 p
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- -
- Call Number
- 809.93352691 MOR w
Diasporic Hallyu : The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture
This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular cu…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030949648
- Collation
- xii, 152 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 306.095 DIA K
Diasporic Hallyu : The Korean Wave in Korean Canadian Youth Culture
This open access book examines the lived experiences of diasporic Korean youth in light of the transnational flows of South Korean popular culture, known as the Korean Wave, or Hallyu. Drawing on an ethnographic study of Korean Canadian youth and their engagement with the Korean Wave, the book proposes a critical understanding of the interactions between diasporic youth audiences and popular cu…
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- 9
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9783030949648
- Collation
- ix; 152p;
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 305.2350971 DIA K
What's France got to do with it? : contemporary memoirs of Australians in France
While only one book-length memoir recounting the sojourn of an Australian in France was published in the 1990s, well over 40 have been published since 2000, overwhelmingly written by women. Although we might expect a focus on travel, intercultural adjustment and communication in these texts, this is the case only in a minority of accounts. More frequently, France serves as a backdrop to a proje…
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- -
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- 9781760463632
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- xi, 204 p. ill;
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- -
- Call Number
- 820.9994 WHA J
Making media matter : critical literacy, popular culture, and creative produc…
This book is an essential resource for media educators working to promote critical thinking, creativity, and civic engagement through their teaching. Connecting theory and research with creative projects and analyses of pop culture, it models an integrated and practical approach to media education. Making Media Matter is an engaging and accessible read for educators and scholars in the areas…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781003057925
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- viii, 253 p. : ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 302.23 THE m
Being modern : the cultural impact of science in the early twentieth century
In the early decades of the twentieth century, engagement with science was commonly used as an emblem of modernity. This phenomenon is now attracting increasing attention in different historical specialties. Being Modern builds on this recent scholarly interest to explore engagement with science across culture from the end of the nineteenth century to approximately 1940. Addressing the breadth …
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781787353930
- Collation
- xvii. ;ill. : 438 p.
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- -
- Call Number
- 306.45. FRA b
Adaptation in the age of media convergence
This collection considers new phenomena emerging in a convergence environment from the perspective of adaptation studies. The contributions take the most prominent methods within the field to offer reconsiderations of theoretical concepts and practices in participatory culture, transmedia franchises, and new media adaptations. The authors discuss phenomena ranging from mash-ups of novels and Yo…
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- 10
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9789048534012
- Collation
- 232 p.
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 700.457 FEH a
Ageing with Smartphones in Urban Italy : Care and community in Milan and beyond
‘Who am I at this (st)age? Where am I and where should I be, and how and where should I live?’ These questions, which individuals ask themselves throughout their lives, are among the central themes of this book, which presents an anthropological account of the everyday experiences of age and ageing in an inner-city neighbourhood in Milan, and in places and spaces beyond.Ageing with Smartpho…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781787359710
- Collation
- 188p. ; ill.
- Series Title
- Ageing with Smartphones
- Call Number
- 305.260945211 SHI a
The history manifesto
How should historians speak truth to power – and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? And why is history – especially long-term history – so essential to understanding the multiple pasts which gave rise to our conflicted present? The History Manifesto is a call to arms to historians and everyone interested in the role o…
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- -
- ISBN/ISSN
- 9781139923880
- Collation
- ix, 165 p. : ill
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- -
- Call Number
- 901 GUL t
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