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DESCRIPTION:Taiwanese horror is a rising genre that has claimed an importan
 t space in Taiwanese popular culture\, particularly in the video game indus
 try since the debut of Detention in 2017. Video games associated with such 
 aesthetics often incorporate elements of Taiwan's local religions\, culture
 s\, and mythologies. Furthermore\, such horror is evoked not only by fear o
 f the unknown\, but also by the unsettling feeling of being forced to live 
 under duress. Although mostly implicit\, many Taiwanese horror games contai
 n hints of historical references to the 228 Incident and the White Terror u
 nder Martial Law. Malevolent monsters and ghosts become physical incarnatio
 ns of state-sanctioned violence perpetrated by perpetrators\, dehumanized a
 ccomplices\, and those who were arrested\, executed\, or silenced.\n\nChee-
 Hann Wu is an assistant professor faculty fellow in Theatre Studies at New 
 York University. She received her Ph.D. in Drama and Theatre from the Unive
 rsity of California\, Irvine. Chee-Hann is drawn to the performance of\, by
 \, and with nonhumans\, including but not limited to objects\, puppets\, ec
 ology\, and technology. Her current book project\, provisionally titled The
  Unfinished Gesture: Puppetry\, Memory\, and the Becoming of Taiwan\, consi
 ders puppetry a mediated means to narrate Taiwan’s cultural and sociopoliti
 cal development\, colonial and postcolonial experiences\, as well as Indige
 nous histories. Chee-Hann’s work has appeared in Puppetry International\, A
 sian Theatre Journal\, International Journal of Performance Arts and Digita
 l Media\, and other places. Her most recent research explores video games\,
  VR\, and artificial intelligence through the lens of theatre and performan
 ce. In addition to her scholarly work\, Chee-Hann is the editor and a frequ
 ent contributor to Taiwan Insight\, an online academic magazine of the Univ
 ersity of Nottingham’s Taiwan Research Hub.
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SUMMARY: Haunted Play: Memory and Resistance in Taiwanese Horror Games
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