Publication Date:
2024-04-04
Description:
This book brings together different perspectives on the representation of the Spanish Civil War in digital and analog games, considering them an important part of the cultural production inspired by this historical event. Games must be understood as powerful disseminators of historical stories due to their influence on the processes of memory and reification of the past. Therefore, it is essential to analyze the ideologies they transmit and the visions of the past they offer to players—just like literature, cinema and comics. In this sense, this work introduces the study of games about the Civil War and evaluates the recreational environments in which they appear. It aims to reflect on how games, as distinctive media, can enrich research on conflict and historical memory in general. The case studies of games set in the Spanish Civil War allow us to discover and discuss the visions about the historical moment that circulate in the world of games. The Spanish Civil War in games and recreational environments also offers an overview of methods and theories for the analysis of games as cultural artifacts.
Keywords:
digital games, analog games, cultural production, historical memory, case studies
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR3 Civil wars
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thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWL Modern warfare
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thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DS Southern Europe::1DSE Spain
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thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPB Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950::3MPBG c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)::3MPBGJ c 1930 to c 1939
Language:
Spanish
Format:
image/jpeg
