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James Malazita, "Enacting Platforms: Feminist Technoscience and the Unreal Engine" (MIT Press, 2024)

New Books in Critical Theory

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Rethinking Platform Studies

This chapter critiques the limitations of the current platform studies framework, particularly its focus on technology at the expense of sociocultural narratives. It advocates for an integration of intersectional feminist and queer insights to broaden the understanding of media technologies, using the Unreal Engine's ties to the military as a case study.

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