Politics in Fantasy Media

Essays on Ideology and Gender in Fiction, Film, Television and Games

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Sous la direction de Gerold Sedlmayr et Nicole Waller

Type

Essays

Sujet

Genre > Fantasy

Mots Clés

fantasy, politics

Année d'édition

2014

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Langue

anglais

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Format

Paperback • 224 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-9510-8

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Fantasy is often condemned as escapist, unsophisticated and superficial. This collection of new essays puts such easy dismissals to the test by examining the ways in which Fantasy narratives present diverse, politically relevant discourses—gender, race, religion or consumerism—and thereby serve as indicators of their real-world contexts. Through their depiction of other worlds allegedly disconnected from our own, these texts are able to actualize political attitudes. Instead of categorizing Fantasy either as conservative or progressive, the essays suggest that its generic peculiarity allows the emergence of productive forms of oscillation between these extremes. Covered are J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire sequence, J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels, the vampire TV series True Blood, and the dystopian computer game Fallout 3.

À propos des auteurs :
Gerold Sedlmayr is professor of British cultural studies at TU Dortmund University, Germany. He lives in Kamen.
Nicole Waller is professor of American studies at Potsdam University, Germany. She lives in Berlin.

Revue de Presse:
"The 13 essays in this volume cover the whole range of present-day forms of fantasy…a valuable contribution to the discussion of contemporary fantasy by demonstrating in great detail that there is much more to this often reviled form of dealing with the complexities of our world than meets the eye"—Inklings Jahrbuch.

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