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Women in Historical and Archaeological Video Games

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Published/Copyright: 2022
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This volume focuses on the depiction of women in video games set in historical periods or archaeological contexts, explores the tension between historical and archaeological accuracy and authenticity, examines portrayals of women in historical periods or archaeological contexts, portrayals of female historians and archaeologists, and portrayals of women in fantastical historical and archaeological contexts.　

It includes both triple A and independent video games, incorporating genres such as turn-based strategy, action-adventure, survival horror, and a variety of different types of role-playing games. Its chronological and geographical scope ranges from late third century BCE China, to mid first century BCE Egypt, to Pictish and Viking Europe, to Medieval Germany, to twentieth century Taiwan, and into the contemporary world, but it also ventures beyond our universe and into the fantasy realm of Hyrule and the science fiction solar system of the Nebula.　

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Jane Draycott, Lecturer in Ancient History and Co-Director of the Games and Gaming Lab, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

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    Frontmatter

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    A short introduction to women in historical and archaeological video games

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    Jane Draycott
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    Assassins and the Creed: A look at the Assassin’s Creed series, Ubisoft, and women in the video games industry

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    Nanci Santos
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    Expectations vs. reality: Perceived accuracy when women are in historical video games

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    Claire Manning
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    “The hardest battles are fought in the mind”: The role of women in Viking Age games

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    Marie-Luise Meier
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    Warriors and Waifus: Community responses to historical accuracy and the representation of women in Total War: Three Kingdoms

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    Josh Webb
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    Nefertiti – beauty, Pharaoh, and murderous mummy in Assassin’s Creed Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs

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    Sarah Braun
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    Senua’s psychosis and the stigma of mental health

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    Sarah Beal
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    Playing (with) Gisla in Mount & Blade

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    Martine Mussies
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    National trauma, powerlessness, and female protagonists in East Asian historical survival horror

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    Rebecca O’Sullivan
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    “Make him a woman:” Gender and witches in Darklands

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    Tess Watterson
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    Androgynous artefacts: The princess as heirloom in The Legend of Zelda franchise

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    Florence Smith Nicholls
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    Uncharted heroines: Women, popular archaeology, and digital games

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    Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod
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    Fourth wave feminism in video games: An analysis of Lara Croft

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    Janine Engelbrecht
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    Not male, not pale, and definitely not stale: Aliyah Elasra and archaeology in Heaven’s Vault

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    Jane Draycott
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    List of contributors

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    Index

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Publishing information
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eBook published on:
June 6, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783110724257
Hardcover published on:
June 6, 2022
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110724196
Paperback published on:
October 24, 2023
Paperback ISBN:
9783111356624
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
6
Main content:
370
Illustrations:
1
Coloured Illustrations:
67
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110724257
eBook ISBN: 9783110724257
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110724196
Paperback ISBN: 9783111356624
Keywords for this book
ancient history; medieval history; archaeology; games studies
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of history and archaeology, popular uses of history, and historiography; Game scholars, Game designers, students
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