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Lara Croft : cyber heroine / Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky ; translated by Dominic J. Bonfiglio ; foreword by Sue-Ellen Case.
Van Pelt Library P96.C77 D4813 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deuber-Mankowsky, Astrid, 1957-
- Series:
- Electronic mediations ; v. 14.
- Electronic mediations ; v. 14
- Standardized Title:
- Lara Croft. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Croft, Lara (Fictitious character)--In mass media.
- Croft, Lara.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 109 pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- The phenomenon of Lara Croft
- A duplicitous gift
- The origins of a cultural icon
- The market and the hardware
- Medial origins and sexual grounds
- Virtual reality
- The interactive movie
- The loss of surface
- The medialization of the body
- The universal medium
- Tomb raider: the movie
- The question of sexual difference
- Afterplay: the next generation.
- Notes:
- "This English translation has been updated and expanded since the original German publication"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-104) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0816643903
- 0816643911
- OCLC:
- 57243290
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
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