{"product_id":"being-dragonborn-critical-essays-on-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-9781476677842","title":"Being Dragonborn: Critical Essays on the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the bestselling and most influential video games of the past decade. From the return of world-threatening dragons to an ongoing civil war, the province of Skyrim is rich with adventure, lore, magic, history, and stunning vistas. Beyond its visual spectacle alone, Skyrim is an exemplary gameworld that reproduces out-of-game realities, controversies, and histories for its players. \u003ci\u003eBeing Dragonborn\u003c\/i\u003e, then, comes to signify a host of ethical and ideological choices for the player, both inside and outside the gameworld. These essays show how playing \u003ci\u003eSkyrim\u003c\/i\u003e, in many ways, is akin to \"playing\" 21st century America with its various crises, conflicts, divisions, and inequalities. Topics covered include racial inequality and white supremacy, gender construction and misogyny, the politics of modding, rhetorics of gameplay, and narrative features.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14251940\"\u003eMike Piero\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476677842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476677840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-GAM\"\u003eGames \u0026amp; Activities\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-GAM013000\"\u003eVideo \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Piero\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor of English at Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarc A. Ouellette\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning educator who teaches cultural and gender studies at Old Dominion University, where he is the Learning Games Initiative Research Fellow. \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSeries editor \u003cb\u003eMatthew Wilhelm Kapell\u003c\/b\u003e teaches American studies, anthropology, and writing at Pace University in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44451091251437,"sku":"9781476677842","price":66.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_51ac6f9d-5898-42f6-b70f-df47058febb6.jpg?v=1700324976","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/being-dragonborn-critical-essays-on-the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-9781476677842","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}