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Ready Player Two
Shira Chess
An analysis of video games designed and advertised for women audiences, with the goal of better understanding what is really “at play” in these games as the market for them grows.
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The Construction of Equality
Jennifer Mack
A look at how Syriac-instigated architectural projects and spatial practices have altered the Swedish city’s built environment “from below,” providing a unique take on urban development, social change, and the immigrant experience in Europe.
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The River is in Us
Elizabeth Hoover
An examination of the indigenous Akwesasne community of upstate New York and their partnership with scientists and developed grassroots programs to fight the contamination of its lands and reclaim its health and culture.
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Ecology Without Culture
Christine L. Marran
A bold and timely reconsideration of ecocriticism, this book decenters questions of culture to highlight the materiality of poetry, film, and prose fiction and investigate how and why the material world has proven to be an effective medium for representing culture.
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