Playing Oppression The Legacy of Conquest and Empire in Colonialist Board Games

• Yazar: Flanagan, Mary (auth)
• Diğer Yazarlar: Jakobsson, Mikael (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Cambridge The MIT Press 2023
• Seri Bilgileri: The MIT Press
• Konular: Board games; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; board game history; colonialism; critical analysis; cultural studies; Eurogames; game design; game studies; interaction criticism; post-colonialism
• Online Erişim: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

A striking analysis of popular board games' roots in imperialist reasoning-and why the future of play depends on reckoning with it.Board games conjure up images of innocuously enriching entertainment: family game nights, childhood pastimes, cooperative board games centered around resource manag...