The Psychgeist of Pop Culture
The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Last of Us explores the psychological themes at the heart of The Last of Us franchise. Authors from media, culture, and fandom studies explore how trauma, grief, morality, survival, and revenge shape the story’s characters and influence their choices. This book exa...
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2026
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| description | The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Last of Us explores the psychological themes at the heart of The Last of Us franchise. Authors from media, culture, and fandom studies explore how trauma, grief, morality, survival, and revenge shape the story’s characters and influence their choices. This book examines these themes across both video games (The Last of Us and The Last of Us 2) and HBO television adaptation, focusing on their unique approaches to telling the same emotionally resonant stories. This includes close readings of key characters - such as Ellie and Joel - and considers how their experiences reflect broader human struggles. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1769722026-05-29T13:38:47Z The Psychgeist of Pop Culture Domasin, Adreinne The last of us Popular culture Video games Morality Trauma Grief Psychology thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC1 Popular culture The Psychgeist of Pop Culture: The Last of Us explores the psychological themes at the heart of The Last of Us franchise. Authors from media, culture, and fandom studies explore how trauma, grief, morality, survival, and revenge shape the story’s characters and influence their choices. This book examines these themes across both video games (The Last of Us and The Last of Us 2) and HBO television adaptation, focusing on their unique approaches to telling the same emotionally resonant stories. This includes close readings of key characters - such as Ellie and Joel - and considers how their experiences reflect broader human struggles. 2026-05-29T13:38:46Z 2026-05-29T13:38:46Z 2025 book ONIX_20260529T152920_9781257828449_49 9781257828449 9781257828470 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/176972 eng image/png Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://playstorypress.org/books/the-psychgeist-of-pop-culture-the-last-of-us/ https://works.hcommons.org/records/wfz2a-yy926/files/The-Psychgeist-of-Pop-Culture-TLOU-Repository.pdf?download=1 Play Story Press Play Story Press 10.17613/w9p6s-pds13 10.17613/w9p6s-pds13 b81bccd1-e4f6-45a3-a336-f32dd4e6af5d 9781257828449 9781257828470 Play Story Press Pittsburgh, PA open access |
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