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ISBN-13: | 9781119249429 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 04/17/2017 |
Pages: | 320 |
Product dimensions: | 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d) |
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Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ixForeword by William Irwin xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Introduction: The Winter of Our Discontent 1 Brian A. Pavlac
Part I Kings, Queens, Knights, and Strategy 17
1 High and Mighty Queens of Westeros 19 Kavita Mudan Finn
2 A Machiavellian Discourse on Game of Thrones 33 Jacopo della Quercia
3 Chivalry in Westeros 47 Steven Muhlberger
4 Of Kings, Their Battles, and Castles 57 Brian A. Pavlac
Part II Slaves, Barbarians, and Other Others 71
5 Barbarian Colonizers and Postcolonialism in Westeros and Britain 73 Shiloh Carroll
6 A Defense against the “Other”: Constructing Sites on the Edge of Civilization and Savagery 85 Brian de Ruiter
7 The Eastern Question 97 Mat Hardy
8 Slaves with Swords: Slave‐Soldiers in Essos and in the Islamic World 111 Robert J. Haug
Part III Women and Children 123
9 Rocking Cradles and Hatching Dragons: Parents in Game of Thrones 125 Janice Liedl
10 “Oh, my sweet summer child”: Children and Childhood in Game of Thrones 137 Helle Strandgaard Jensen and Magnus Qvistgaard
11 Writing the Rules of Their Own Game: Medieval Female Agency and Game of Thrones 147 Nicole M. Mares
12 The Power of Sansa Stark: A Representation of Female Agency in Late Medieval England 161 Danielle Alesi
Part IV Religion 171
13 Continuity and Transformation in the Religions of Westeros and Western Europe 173 Don Riggs
14 Religious Violence in Game of Thrones: An Historical Background from Antiquity to the European Wars of Religion 185 Maureen Attali
15 Coexistence and Conflict in the Religions of Game of Thrones 195 Daniel J. Clasby
16 “I shall take no wife”: Celibate Societies in Westeros and in Western Civilization 209 Kris Swank
Part V The Background 225
17 By Whisper and Raven: Information and Communication in Game of Thrones 227 Giacomo Giudici
18 What’s in a Name? History and Fantasy in Game of Thrones 241 Sara L. Uckelman, Sonia Murphy, and Joseph Percer
19 Setting up Westeros: The Medievalesque World of Game of Thrones 251 Gillian Polack
Appendix: List of Books and Episodes 261
Index 265