Postcolonial Play in the Orient's Sandbox

In this introduction to the special double issue, the guest editors outline their vision behind the work by giving a short overview of the orientalist bias in game studies, the postcolonialist turn in the field, and the need for South Asia‐centric scholarship to contribute to and invite South‐South...

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Published in:CyberOrient Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 4 - 9
Main Authors: Mukherjee, Souvik, Rizvi, Zahra
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 01.06.2023
Subjects:
orientalism
postcolonialism
South Asia
South‐South discourse
videogames
ISSN:1804-3194, 1804-3194
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Summary:In this introduction to the special double issue, the guest editors outline their vision behind the work by giving a short overview of the orientalist bias in game studies, the postcolonialist turn in the field, and the need for South Asia‐centric scholarship to contribute to and invite South‐South discourse in games scholarship. This short introduction also introduces the various contributions to this double issue which range from academic articles to book reviews to comments.
ISSN:1804-3194
1804-3194
DOI:10.1002/cyo2.34