War games / Jonna Eagle.

By:

Eagle, Jonna, 1968-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Quick takes : movies and popular culture | Quick takes movies and popular culturePublisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, 2020Description: viii, 184 pages ; 18 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780813598918 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813598915 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813598925 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0813598923 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813598949

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

793.9/2

LOC classification:

U 310 E11w 2020

Contents:

Live -- On screen -- Interactive.

Summary: "War Games surveys the contemporary terrain of simulated war experience and locates this experience within the broader history of war and media. Organized around three modes of war representation--live, screen-based, and interactive--this book provides an overview of the nature, function, and appeal of war games. The first chapter on live war games discusses activities such as chess, football, and battle re-enactments. The second chapter looks at the simulated, intense gaze via movies such as Saving Private Ryan, The Hurt Locker, and American Sniper. The final chapter considers the role of video games and other interactive technologies, such as Doom, Counter-Strike,Call of Duty, and other simulated war experiences via helmet cams and drone warfare. In approaching these conceptual categories, Jonna Eagle highlights key tensions in the relationship of media and war and allows for an emphasis on both the historical evolution of the simulated war experience and the continuity of issues and impulses across this evolution"-- Provided by publisher.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	U 310 E11w 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000165695

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-174) and index.

Live -- On screen -- Interactive.

"War Games surveys the contemporary terrain of simulated war experience and locates this experience within the broader history of war and media. Organized around three modes of war representation--live, screen-based, and interactive--this book provides an overview of the nature, function, and appeal of war games. The first chapter on live war games discusses activities such as chess, football, and battle re-enactments. The second chapter looks at the simulated, intense gaze via movies such as Saving Private Ryan, The Hurt Locker, and American Sniper. The final chapter considers the role of video games and other interactive technologies, such as Doom, Counter-Strike,Call of Duty, and other simulated war experiences via helmet cams and drone warfare. In approaching these conceptual categories, Jonna Eagle highlights key tensions in the relationship of media and war and allows for an emphasis on both the historical evolution of the simulated war experience and the continuity of issues and impulses across this evolution"-- Provided by publisher.

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