The East Is Least: The Stereotypical Imagining of Essos in Game of Thrones.
While Game of Thrones may appear to offer an avenue of escape to an imaginary realm, in its representation of race and geography, this fantasy universe simply reinforces existing preoccupations of our actual world. An example of this is in the representation of the Eastern lands and cultures in the...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 26 - 46 |
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| Formato: | Film/TV Criticism and Review |
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University of Toronto Press
2019
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