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  1. Sacred seeds
    new world plants in early modern English literature
    Author: Test, Edward McLean
    Published: [2019]; © 2019
    Publisher:  University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln ; London

    "More than five hundred years after the fact, present-day writers still use hyperbolic adjectives to describe the "discovery" of the Americas. Columbus's crossing of the Atlantic...and the age of exploration that ensued...dramatically and forever... more

    Location:
    Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf
    Signature:
    angg870.t342
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    "More than five hundred years after the fact, present-day writers still use hyperbolic adjectives to describe the "discovery" of the Americas. Columbus's crossing of the Atlantic...and the age of exploration that ensued...dramatically and forever changed the early modern world. The societies, economies, cultures, arts, and burgeoning sciences of Europe were quickly transformed by the ongoing encounter with the New World. The meeting of the New and the Old Worlds, however, was more than a meeting of disparate civilizations. It was also a confluence of exciting and often surprising associations that continually created new interfaces between materials and knowledge. The Western and Eastern Hemispheres, brought together by sailing ships for the first time on a large scale, helped create the global landscape we take for granted today. Central to this formative moment in global history were New World plants. The agriculture of indigenous peoples mythically and materially shaped English society and, subsequently, its literature in new and startling ways. Sacred Seeds examines New World plants...tobacco, amaranth, guaiacum, and the prickly pear cactus...and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature. Edward McLean Test reinstates the contributions of indigenous peoples to European society, charting an alternative cultural history that explores the associations and assemblages of transatlantic multiplicity rather than Eurocentric homogeny"... "Sacred Seeds examines New World plants and their associated Native myths as they moved across the Atlantic and into English literature"...

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9781496207883
    Series: Early modern cultural studies
    Subjects: Englisch; Pflanzen <Motiv>; Literatur; Amerika <Motiv>
    Other subjects: Array; Array; English literature; Gardens in literature; Plants in literature; America in literature; Indigenous peoples; Nature; Array; Array; Europe
    Scope: XII, 231 Seiten, Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references and index
  2. New perspectives on the social aspects of digital gaming
    multiplayer 2
    Author: Kowert, Rachel
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London ; New York

    Expanding on the work in the volume Multiplayer, this new book explores several other areas related to social gaming in detail. The aim is to go beyond a typical "edited book" concept, and offer a very concise volume with several focal points that... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Bamberg
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    Expanding on the work in the volume Multiplayer, this new book explores several other areas related to social gaming in detail. The aim is to go beyond a typical "edited book" concept, and offer a very concise volume with several focal points that are most relevant for the current debate about multiplayer games, both in academia and society. As a result, the volume offers the latest research findings on online gaming, social forms of gaming, identification, gender issues and games for change, primarily applying a social-scientific approach

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Quandt, Thorsten (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9780367877231; 9781138643635
    Other identifier:
    9780367877231
    RVK Categories: AP 15963
    Edition: First issued in paperback
    Series: Routledge advances in game studies
    Subjects: bisacsh; bisacsh; Online-Spiel; Videospiel; Computerspiel; Soziologie; Gesellschaft
    Scope: vi, 210 Seiten, Illustrationen, 308 grams
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    1. Multiplayer and beyond: Witnessing the evolution of gaming; [Thorsten Quandt & Rachel Kowert]; Part I: Social Forms of Gaming; 2. From social play to social games and back: The emergence and development of social network games ; [Frans Mäyrä, Jaakko Sternos, Janne Paavilainen, & Annakaisa Kultima]; 3. Identifying social forms of flow in multi-user games ; [Joceran Borderie & Nicolas Michinov]; 4. Envisioning the other: A grounded exploration of social roles in digital game play ; [Jasmien Vervaeke, Frederik De Grove, & Jan Van Looy]; Part II: Online Gaming ; 5. Multiplayer games as the ultimate communication lab and incubator: A multi-media Study ; [John L. Sherry, Andy Boyan, Kendra Knight, Cherylann Edwards, & Qi Hao]; 6. The MMORPG designer’s journey: Casualization and its consequences for social interactions ; [Daniel Pietschmann, Benny Liebold, & Georg Valtin]; 7. Multiplayer features and game success ; [André Marchand]; Part III: Gender Issues in Gaming Communities ; 8. Sexism in video games and the gaming community; [Jesse Fox & Wai Yen Tang]; 9. Women are from FarmVille, Men are from ViceCity: The cycle of exclusion and sexism in video game content and culture ; [Rachel Kowert, Johannes Breuer, & Thorsten Quandt]; Part IV: Games for Change; 10. The key features of persuasive games: A model and case analysis ; [Ruud Jacobs, Jeroen Jansz, & Teresa de la Hera Conde-Pumpido]; 11. "Resist the dictatorship of Malygos on Coldarra Island!" Evidence of MMOG culture in Taiwan’s Sunflower Social Movement ; [Holin Lin & Chuen Tsai Sun]; 12. Between drudgery and "Promesse du bonheur": Games and gamification; [Mathias Fuchs]