Do You Like Hurting Other People?” Critiquing American Violence in Hyperviolent Video Games

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dc.contributor.advisorMehring, F.
dc.contributor.advisorMunteán, L.
dc.contributor.authorBesselaar, S.P.J.
dc.date.issued2022-06-24
dc.description.abstractThis thesis analyzes hyperviolent games of the early 2010s to identify narratives that conceptually link ‘Violence’ with ‘America.’ The focus is on games by non-American studios, with the aim of investigating how outside perspectives are influenced by such media to supplement existing literature on the effects of American-made media. The approach involves investigating themes of enjoying violence, justifying violence, and the relationship between trauma and violence, using insights lifted from literature pertaining remediation and cultural trauma in addition to relevant works from the fields of American studies and scholarly games studies. KEYWORDS: Media, video games, hyperviolence, post-9/11, Anti-Americanism, remediationen_US
dc.embargo.lift10000-01-01
dc.embargo.typePermanent embargoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/13948
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Letterenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationTransnational America: Politics, Culture and Societyen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeMaster North American Studiesen_US
dc.thesis.typeMasteren_US
dc.titleDo You Like Hurting Other People?” Critiquing American Violence in Hyperviolent Video Gamesen_US
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