Queenship and the women of Westeros : female agency and advice in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire / Zita Eva Rohr, Lisa Benz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rohr, Zita Eva, editor.

Benz, Lisa, editor.

Series:

Queenship and power

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martin, George R. R. Song of ice and fire.

Martin, George R. R.

Martin, George R. R--Characters.

Game of thrones (Television program).

Song of ice and fire (Martin, George R. R.).

Women--History--Middle Ages, 500-1500.

Women.

History.

Characters and characteristics.

Women--Middle Ages.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

lxxiv, 263 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Summary:

Is the world of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones really medieval? How accurately does it reflect the real Middle Ages? Historians have been addressing these questions since the book and television series exploded into a cultural phenomenon. For scholars of medieval and early modern women, they offer a unique vantage point from which to study the intersections of elite women and popular understandings of the premodern world. This volume is a wide-ranging study of those intersections. Focusing on female agency and the role of advice, it finds a wealth of continuities and contrasts between the many powerful female characters of Martin's fantasy world and the strategies that historical women used to exert influence. Reading characters such as Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, and Brienne of Tarth with a creative, deeply scholarly eye, Queenship and the Women of Westeros makes cutting-edge developments in queenship studies accessible to everyday readers and fans.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A Game of Thrones in China: the case of Cixi, Empress-Dowager of China (1835-1908) / James J. Hudson

Queen of sad mischance: medievalism, "realism," and the case of Cersei Lannister / Kavita Mudan Finn

Westerosi queens: medievalist portrayal of female power and authority in A Song of Ice and Fire / Sylwia Borowska-Szerszun

"All I ever wanted was to fight for a lord I believed in. But the good lords are dead and the rest are monsters" : Brienne of Tarth, Jaime Lannister, and the chivalric "other" / Iain A. MacInnes

The peaceweavers of Winterfell / Kris Swank

Cersei Lannister, regal commissions, and the alchemists in Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire / Curtis Runstedler

"All men must die, but we are not men": Eastern faith and feminine power in A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones / Mikayla Hunter

Daenerys the Unready: advice and ruling in Meereen / Shiloh Carroll

The royal minorities of Game of Thrones / Charles E. Beem

Wicked women and the Iron Throne: the two-fold tragedy of witches as advisors in Game of Thrones / Sheilagh Ilona O'Brien

Afterword: playing, winning and losing the Game of Thrones: reflections on female succession in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones in comparison to the Premodern Era / Elena Woodacre.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3030250407

9783030250409

OCLC:

1104220964