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

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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
Subjects:	race postcolonialism Japan memory Resident Evil normal country avatar social imaginary implied player hybridism
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48877/

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