Aditya Deshbandhu

Gaming Culture(s) in India

Digital Play in Everyday Life

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume critically analyses the multiple lives of the 'gamer' in India. It explores the 'everyday' of the gaming life from the player's perspective, to not just understand how the games are consumed but also analyses how the gamer influences the products' many (virtual) lives.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780367142926
• ISBN-10: 0367142929
• Artikelnr.: 68883779

Autorenporträt

Aditya Deshbandhu teaches in the Communications Area, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India. He has a doctoral degree in communication from the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests include new media studies, digital cultures and the emerging field of video game studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Ludic Beginnings: Gaming Journeys and Experiences 1. Fun,
Magic and Play: Theories of Gaming 2. Building Tools to Map the Ludic
Everyday 3. Player Perspectives: Gamers & Gamerworthiness 4. Charting the
Indian Gamescape: Redrawing Lines of Access 5. Gaming as a Site of
Contestation 6. Friends, Communities and Networks: Gaming is Social
Conclusion