Orientalization of Gaming A Postcolonial Study of Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Call of Duty is a popular first-person shooter (FPS) game. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007) was the first game in the franchise which did not focus on the World Wars’ history. It was also the first Call of Duty which had a continuous interactive digital narrative (IDN). This article attempts to t...
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| description | Call of Duty is a popular first-person shooter (FPS) game. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007) was the first game in the franchise which did not focus on the World Wars’ history. It was also the first Call of Duty which had a continuous interactive digital narrative (IDN). This article attempts to take a comparative approach to the game. As a cultural product, the game is susceptible to postcolonial and Orientalist discourses. This article attempts to apply Edward Wadie Said’s theories to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in order to prove that the game’s IDN was shaped by postcolonialism and Orientalism. The game functioned as a cultural medium which disseminated Orientalist discourses amongst its player base. As such, this article tries to not only shed light upon a lesser-known aspect of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare but also to demonstrate that computer games are not exempt from external cultural forces. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-be663a7215ec4e65b14a8f46e0339e112025-08-20T03:07:41ZfasUniversity of Birjandمطالعات بینرشتهای ادبیات، هنر و علوم انسانی2783-27592024-05-0141214010.22077/islah.2024.6931.13672922Orientalization of Gaming A Postcolonial Study of Call of Duty Modern WarfareNaser Janani0Mohammad Fallah1Ali Zeraatpisheh2PhD., Faculty of Foreign Languages, Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran.PhD., Faculty of Foreign Languages, Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University of Science and Technology, Tehran, IranPhD., Faculty of Foreign Languages, Shahid Sattari Aeronautical University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran(corresponding author)Call of Duty is a popular first-person shooter (FPS) game. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2007) was the first game in the franchise which did not focus on the World Wars’ history. It was also the first Call of Duty which had a continuous interactive digital narrative (IDN). This article attempts to take a comparative approach to the game. As a cultural product, the game is susceptible to postcolonial and Orientalist discourses. This article attempts to apply Edward Wadie Said’s theories to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare in order to prove that the game’s IDN was shaped by postcolonialism and Orientalism. The game functioned as a cultural medium which disseminated Orientalist discourses amongst its player base. As such, this article tries to not only shed light upon a lesser-known aspect of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare but also to demonstrate that computer games are not exempt from external cultural forces.https://islah.birjand.ac.ir/article_2922_b8afdf823977f8f56d9093f9f6ab6cec.pdfclash of civilizationsinteractive digital narrativeinteractive mediapostcolonialismorientalismwar on terror |
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