Overview
- Brings literary disability studies into games studies discourse
- Explores disability, performance, and self-creation
- Addresses concerns about human-technology interconnectivity
Part of the book series: Literary Disability Studies (LIDIST)
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About this book
Disability Identity in Simulation Narratives considers the relationship between disability identity and simulation activities (ranging from traditional gameplay to more revolutionary technology) in contemporary science fiction. Anelise Haukaas applies posthumanist theory to an examination of disability identity in a variety of science fiction texts: adult novels, young adult literature and comics, as well as ethnographic research with gamers. Haukaas argues that instead of being a means of escapism, simulated experiences are a valuable tool for cultivating self-acceptance and promoting empathy. Through increasingly accessible technology and innovative gameplay, traditional hierarchies are dismantled, and different ways of being are both explored and validated. Ultimately, the book aims to expand our understandings of disability, performance, and self-creation in significant ways by exploring the boundless selves that the simulated environments in these texts allow.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Disability Identity in Simulation Narratives
Authors: Anelise Haukaas
Series Title: Literary Disability Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44482-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44481-4Published: 15 December 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-44484-5Due: 15 January 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-44482-1Published: 14 December 2023
Series ISSN: 2947-7409
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7417
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 189
Topics: Contemporary Literature, Performing Arts, Popular Culture , Media and Communication, Education, general