Technologies of Captivation: Videogames and the Attunement of Affect

Body and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-51

  Ash, James ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

embodiment; Heidegger; memory; new media technology; phenomenology; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875362887     PISSN: 1357034X     EISSN: 14603632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1357034X11411737     Document Type: Article

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