Disco­ve­r­ing the Past as a Virtual Foreign Coun­try: Assas­sin’s Creed as Histo­ri­cal Tourism (2024)

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Abstract

The chapter analyzes titles of the series from Black Flag to Odyssey as a characteristic form of historical tourism. In it, we find a specific way to approaching and appropriating the past.

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Schwarz, Angela (2024): “Discovering the Past as a Virtual Foreign Country: Assassin’s Creed as Historical Tourism”, in: Erik Champion and Juan Francisco Hiriart Vera (Eds.): Assassin’s Creed in the Classroom. History’s Playground or a Stab in the Dark? Berlin/Boston, MA, pp. 169–187.