{"product_id":"9781476617558","title":"Politics in Fantasy Media: Essays on Ideology and Gender in Fiction, Film, Television and Games","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e, George R.R. Martin’s \u003ci\u003eA Song of Ice and Fire\u003c\/i\u003e sequence, J. K. Rowling’s \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/i\u003e novels, the vampire TV series \u003ci\u003eTrue Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and the dystopian computer game \u003ci\u003eFallout 3\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Company, Incorporated Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47183066628336,"sku":"9781476617558","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781476617558_p0.jpg?v=1763608453","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476617558","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}