Christopher Goetz

The Counterfeit Coin

Videogames and Fantasies of Empowerment

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Produktbeschreibung

The Counterfeit Coin argues that games and related entertainment media have become almost inseparable from fantasy. In turn, these media are making fantasy itself visible in new ways. Though apparently asocial and egocentric, fantasy has become a key term in social contestations of the emerging medium. At issue is whose fantasies are catered to, who feels powerful and gets their way, and who is left out.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 68g
• ISBN-13: 9781978825512
• ISBN-10: 197882551X
• Artikelnr.: 66116820

Autorenporträt

CHRISTOPHER GOETZ is an assistant professor in the Department of Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa, Iowa City.  He is one of the founding organizers of the annual Queerness and Games Conference.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Feeling Powerful and Getting Your Way
1
The Fantasy of Bodily Transcendence
2
The Fantasy of Bodily Transcendence in Narrative Media
3
The Tether Fantasy
4
The Fantasy of Accretions
Conclusion: Surface Narratives and the Contrivance of Fantasy
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index