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.
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.
Sara Humphreys is an assistant teaching professor of English at the University of Victoria.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Game and the Nation: Legacies of the Frontier Western 2. Manifest Memory: The Role of Mexico in Red Dead Redemption 3. Virtual Indian Removal: Why Indigenous Knowledge Matters in Game Development 4. “He’s Everything”: Making the Man in L.A. Noire 5. Blanching Noire: The Performance of White Womanhood and Middle-Class Identity 6. Burning Down the House: Murder, Corruption, and the Middle Class Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Game and the Nation: Legacies of the Frontier Western 2. Manifest Memory: The Role of Mexico in Red Dead Redemption 3. Virtual Indian Removal: Why Indigenous Knowledge Matters in Game Development 4. “He’s Everything”: Making the Man in L.A. Noire 5. Blanching Noire: The Performance of White Womanhood and Middle-Class Identity 6. Burning Down the House: Murder, Corruption, and the Middle Class Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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