Aguirre Quiroga White Mythic Space

Racism, the First World War, and ›Battlefield 1‹
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-11-072930-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 2, 174 Seiten

Reihe: Video Games and the HumanitiesISSN

The fall of 2016 saw the release of the widely popular First World War video game Battlefield 1. Upon the game's initial announcement and following its subsequent release, Battlefield 1 became the target of an online racist backlash that targeted the game's inclusion of soldiers of color. Across social media and online communities, players loudly proclaimed the historical inaccuracy of black soldiers in the game and called for changes to be made that correct what they considered to be a mistake that was influenced by a supposed political agenda. Through the introduction of the theoretical framework of the ‘White Mythic Space’, this book seeks to investigate the reasons behind the racist rejection of soldiers of color by Battlefield 1 players in order to answer the question: Why do individuals reject the presence of people of African descent in popular representations of history?

Zielgruppe

Scholars of history, popular uses of history, and historiography;

Autoren/Hrsg.

Aguirre Quiroga, Stefan

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Aguirre Quiroga, Sweden.