Women in Historical and Archaeological Video Games

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Women in Historical and Archaeological Video Games

Edited by: Jane Draycott

Volume 9 in the series Video Games and the Humanities

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110724257

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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.　

Author / Editor information

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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
A short introduction to women in historical and archaeological video games Jane Draycott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Assassins and the Creed: A look at the Assassin’s Creed series, Ubisoft, and women in the video games industry Nanci Santos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Expectations vs. reality: Perceived accuracy when women are in historical video games Claire Manning Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
“The hardest battles are fought in the mind”: The role of women in Viking Age games Marie-Luise Meier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
Warriors and Waifus: Community responses to historical accuracy and the representation of women in Total War: Three Kingdoms Josh Webb Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Nefertiti – beauty, Pharaoh, and murderous mummy in Assassin’s Creed Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs Sarah Braun Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Senua’s psychosis and the stigma of mental health Sarah Beal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Playing (with) Gisla in Mount & Blade Martine Mussies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
National trauma, powerlessness, and female protagonists in East Asian historical survival horror Rebecca O’Sullivan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
“Make him a woman:” Gender and witches in Darklands Tess Watterson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Androgynous artefacts: The princess as heirloom in The Legend of Zelda franchise Florence Smith Nicholls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
Uncharted heroines: Women, popular archaeology, and digital games Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Fourth wave feminism in video games: An analysis of Lara Croft Janine Engelbrecht Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	319
Not male, not pale, and definitely not stale: Aliyah Elasra and archaeology in Heaven’s Vault Jane Draycott Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	341
List of contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars of history and archaeology, popular uses of history, and historiography; Game scholars, Game designers, students
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 370
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
- Coloured Illustrations: 67
Keywords: ancient history; medieval history; archaeology; games studies

eBook

Published: June 6, 2022
ISBN: 9783110724257

Hardcover

Published: June 6, 2022
ISBN: 9783110724196

Paperback

Published: October 24, 2023
ISBN: 9783111356624