Race, colonial history and national identity: Resident Evil 5 as a Japanese game

Resident Evil 5 is a zombie game made by Capcom featuring a White American protagonist and set in Africa. This paper argues that approaching this as a Japanese game reveals aspects of a Japanese racial and colonial social imaginary that are missed if this context of production is ignored. In terms o...

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Main Author: Martin, Paul
Format: Article
Published: SAGE 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48877/