Women of ice and fire : gender, Game of thrones and multiple media engagements /: gender, Game of thrones and multiple media engagements. (2016 copyright 2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Anne Gjelsvik, Rikke Schubart.
• Editors: Gjelsvik, Anne; Schubart, Rikke
• Contents: Introduction Rikke Schubart, University of Southern Denmark, & Anne Gjelsvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Adapting Sex: Cultural Conceptions of Sexuality in Words and Images Mariah Larsson, Stockholm University, Sweden Adapting Desire: Wives, Prostitutes, and Smallfolk Shannon Wells-Lassagne, Université de Bretagne Sud, France Unspeakable Acts of (Sexual) Terror as/in Quality Television Anne Gjelsvik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Sworn Swords and Noble Ladies: Female Characters in Game of Thrones Video Games Felix Schröter, Universität Hamburg, Germany Woman With Dragons: Daenerys, Pride, and Postfeminist Possibilities Rikke Schubart, University of Southern Denmark Power Play and Family Ties: Hybrid Fantasy, Network Narrative, and Female Characters Helle Kannik Haastrup, Roskilde University, Denmark Mother, Maiden, Crone: Motherhood in Westeros Marta Eidsvåg, freelance writer, UK Women Warriors From Chivalry to Vengeance Yvonne Tasker, University of East Anglia, UK, & Lindsay Steenberg, Oxford Brookes University, UK Female Machiavellians in Westeros Elizabeth Beaton, Australian National University, Australia The Expert Female Fan Recap on YouTube Susana Tosca, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, & Lisbeth Klastrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark "I'm Not Going to Fight Them, I'm Going to Fuck Them†?: Sexist Liberalism and Gender (A)Politics in Game of Thrones Stéphanie Genz, Edge Hill University, UK About the Contributors Full Bibliography Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (288 pages)
• Subjects: 791.4572; Gender studies, gender groups; Women heroes in mass media; Women in mass media; Media studies; Social Science -- Gender Studies; Performing Arts -- Television -- History & Criticism; Television
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501302923; 1501302922
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