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White Mythic Space : Racism, the First World War, and ›Battlefield 1‹ / Stefan Aguirre Quiroga.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Video Games and the Humanities ; 2Publisher: München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (XI, 163 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110729849
  • 9783110729368
  • 9783110729306
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 793.920285536
LOC classification:
  • HM851 .A385 2022
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Between Myth and History -- Defending the White Mythic Space -- Aftermath, Conclusion, and Future -- References -- Index
Summary: The fall of 2016 saw the release of the widely popular First World War video game Battlefield 1. Upon the game's initial announcement and following its subsequent release, Battlefield 1 became the target of an online racist backlash that targeted the game's inclusion of soldiers of color. Across social media and online communities, players loudly proclaimed the historical inaccuracy of black soldiers in the game and called for changes to be made that correct what they considered to be a mistake that was influenced by a supposed political agenda. Through the introduction of the theoretical framework of the ‘White Mythic Space’, this book seeks to investigate the reasons behind the racist rejection of soldiers of color by Battlefield 1 players in order to answer the question: Why do individuals reject the presence of people of African descent in popular representations of history?
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Between Myth and History -- Defending the White Mythic Space -- Aftermath, Conclusion, and Future -- References -- Index

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The fall of 2016 saw the release of the widely popular First World War video game Battlefield 1. Upon the game's initial announcement and following its subsequent release, Battlefield 1 became the target of an online racist backlash that targeted the game's inclusion of soldiers of color. Across social media and online communities, players loudly proclaimed the historical inaccuracy of black soldiers in the game and called for changes to be made that correct what they considered to be a mistake that was influenced by a supposed political agenda. Through the introduction of the theoretical framework of the ‘White Mythic Space’, this book seeks to investigate the reasons behind the racist rejection of soldiers of color by Battlefield 1 players in order to answer the question: Why do individuals reject the presence of people of African descent in popular representations of history?

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mai 2023)