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Author:   Sandra Gorgievski
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.345kg
ISBN:  

9781476686981

ISBN 10:   147668698
Pages:   263
Publication Date:   11 September 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Part I. Constructing Memory: Geographical Space and Images of Empires 1. Mapping the Other: Mappa Mundi, the Evolution of Maps and Charts in Medieval Arab and Western Geography 2. The Wonders of the East: Iconology in Eastern and Western Illuminated Manuscripts 3. Propaganda: Nostalgia for the Orient and Topoi of the Crusades in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries 4. Orientalism in the Nineteenth Century: A New Repertoire of Images Part II. The Making of Heroes: Perceptions, Representations, Idealization, Propaganda, Mythmaking 5. Mirrored Chivalric Images of Saladin and Richard in Arab and Western Sources from Medieval Illuminations to Crusade Films and Illustration 6. The Rhetoric of Violence: From Medieval Hyperbole to Combat in Comic Books and Euphemized, Virtual Death in Gaming 7. Patrimonialism and the Cult of Crusading Heroes and Jihâd Militants in the Twentieth and ­Twenty-First Centuries Part III. Reframing History: Time, History, and Uchronia  8. Literary Manipulation: The Crusades as ­Pre-Text in Novels  9. Redesigning the Orient: Syncretism in Western Illustration and Comic Series 10. Gaming, Multiculturalism, and Transmedia Narrative Conclusion: The Reception of the Crusades Today Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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Sandra Gorgievski is an associate professor of English at the University of Toulon. Her research interests include medieval and contemporary popular culture. She is the author of a book on Arthurian myth and the co-author of a book on medievalism.

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