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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jane Draycott (University of Glasgow, UK) , Dr Kate Cook (University of St Andrews, UK) , Kate Cook (University of St Andrews UK) , Martin Lindner (University of Gottingen Germany)Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781350241923ISBN 10: 135024192 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 21 March 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction (Jane Draycott, University of Glasgow, UK and Kate Cook, Durham University, UK) Part One 1. Playable Girls in Ancient Worlds: Athena (1986) Opens the Door (Dunstan Lowe, University of Kent, UK) 2. A Historical Overview of Women in Ancient-Period Video Games (Jordy Orellana Figueroa, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany) 3. Dangerous Defaults: Demographics and Identities Within and Without Video Games (Marcie Persyn, University of Pittsburg, USA) Part Two 4. The Maiden, the Mother and the Monster: The Monstrous-Feminine in Historical and Archaeological Video Games (Dan Goad, Independent Scholar, UK) 5. Bringing Down the Divine Patriarchy through Deicide in Apotheon (2015) (Amy Norgard, Truman State University, USA) 6. Argonautic Women? Gender and Heroic Status in Rise of the Argonauts (Sophie Ngan, Durham University, UK) 7. Good Riddance: Refiguring Eurydice in Supergiant’s Hades (Kira Jones, Emory University, USA) 8. Reception and Representation of Greco-Roman Goddesses in Smite: Battleground of the Gods (Katherine Beydler, University of Michigan, USA) 9. Aphrodite, A Caricature of Female Sexuality (Olivia Ciaccia, University of Bristol, UK) Part Three 10. Violence against Women in Classical Video Games (Hannah-Marie Chidwick, University of Bristol, UK) 11. Playing Cleopatra in Assassin's Creed Origins (Jane Draycott, University of Glasgow, UK) 12. Playing Salammbô? Orientalism, Gender and Gaming with the Punic World (Andrew Dufton, University of Edinburgh, UK) 13. Kassandra’s Odyssey (Richard Cole, University of Bristol, UK) 14. 'We Do What we Must to Survive': Prostitution and Power in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey’ (Roz Tuplin, GameLondon, UK) 15. 'It’s the Most Freedom a Woman can Have': Gender, Genre and Agency in Choices: A Courtesan of Rome (Kate Cook, Durham University, UK) Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsA sorely needed, intelligent and entertaining analysis of an understudied subject within an understudied medium. --Ross Clare, Teacher in Classics and Ancient History, University of Liverpool, UK Women in Classical Video Games is an excellent read not just for the variety of perspectives that it includes, the games that it discusses and the questions that it answers, but also because ultimately it mirrors the purpose of history itself, to document the past so that we may learn from it. By looking back at historical games with a critical eye we can begin to acknowledge and accept where we fell short and understand where, going forward, we can do better. --Historical Games Network Author InformationJane Draycott is Lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Glasgow, UK. Kate Cook is Associate Lecturer in Classics at the University of St Andrews, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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