Paper Information
| Title | The International Edition and National Exoticism |
| Presenter(s) | Stephen Mandiberg |
| Session | Games and Culture |
| Time | Friday, October 10, 2:30p-3:30p |
| Location | Parlor A |
| Format | Paper Presentation |
| Description | This paper analyzes the current group of locally released and consumed Japanese "International Edition" video games. It considers the meaning of internationalism, nationalism, language and translation/localization within the context of these video game special editions in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. By understanding the International Edition as linked to trends of both self-exoticism and self-orientalism within Japanese history the paper seeks to understand alternate meanings to the video games beyond simple commercial ventures, and how language and translation bring about these alternate meanings. |
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