In Another Time With (an)other Race: Representations Of Race And National Narratives In Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim And Fallout 3

Author

Christopher M. Simpson

Graduation Semester and Year

2015

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts in English

Department

English

First Advisor

Penelope Ingram

Abstract

The video games Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 3 provide simulations of systems of racial marginalization within the context of competing narratives of nation. By utilizing Ian Bogost’s concept of unit operations in concert with postcolonial theorists Edward Said, Homi Bhabha, and Gayatri Spivak it is possible to see how these games perpetuate discourses of the human Western Self and the non-human racial Other. Despite the limitations in the simulation presented in these games, they reflect how video games offer the potential for simulating real-life systems of discrimination and marginalization.

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities | English Language and Literature

License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

Recommended Citation

Simpson, Christopher M., "In Another Time With (an)other Race: Representations Of Race And National Narratives In Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim And Fallout 3" (2015). English Theses. 97.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/english_theses/97