The Medicalisation and Dissemination of Cosmic Horror in Bloodborne

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.34135/actaludologica.2024-7-2.26-37" target="_blank" >10.34135/actaludologica.2024-7-2.26-37</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Medicalisation and Dissemination of Cosmic Horror in Bloodborne

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The aim of the paper is to interpret the themes of dissemination of cosmic horror via thetransformation of human bodies in the Bloodborne digital game. The analysis&apos; central operativeconcept is the medicalisation process introduced by Michel Foucault, when he describedthe birth and emergence of biopolitics at the end of the 18th century and showedhow medical science, built on new paradigms, led to a specific control of the population,especially its natality and mortality. Within Bloodborne, we can see the mechanisms ofmedicalisation through the constitution of a powerful institution, which subsequently introducedthe ritual of transfusion when experimenting with blood. However, this led to thetransformation of human/mortal bodies by means of the beastly scourge, and thus tothe alteration of the properties of mortal bodies, into a form of becoming-of-the-monster.As a result, medicalisation allows for the dissemination of cosmic horror and the loss ofhumanity. This type of analysis seeks to expand our understanding of the intersectionof digital games and sociocultural phenomena at the level of representation, and theirinvolvement in the construction of game fictional worlds.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Medicalisation and Dissemination of Cosmic Horror in Bloodborne

Popis výsledku anglicky

The aim of the paper is to interpret the themes of dissemination of cosmic horror via thetransformation of human bodies in the Bloodborne digital game. The analysis&apos; central operativeconcept is the medicalisation process introduced by Michel Foucault, when he describedthe birth and emergence of biopolitics at the end of the 18th century and showedhow medical science, built on new paradigms, led to a specific control of the population,especially its natality and mortality. Within Bloodborne, we can see the mechanisms ofmedicalisation through the constitution of a powerful institution, which subsequently introducedthe ritual of transfusion when experimenting with blood. However, this led to thetransformation of human/mortal bodies by means of the beastly scourge, and thus tothe alteration of the properties of mortal bodies, into a form of becoming-of-the-monster.As a result, medicalisation allows for the dissemination of cosmic horror and the loss ofhumanity. This type of analysis seeks to expand our understanding of the intersectionof digital games and sociocultural phenomena at the level of representation, and theirinvolvement in the construction of game fictional worlds.

Druh

J_ost - Ostatní články v recenzovaných periodicích

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60405 - Studies on Film, Radio and Television

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Acta Ludologica

ISSN

2585-8599

e-ISSN

2585-9218

Svazek periodika

7

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

SK - Slovenská republika

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

26-37

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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