Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky is professor of media studies at Ruhr University Bochum.Dominic J. Bonfiglio is a freelance translator living in Berlin.Sue-Ellen Case is professor of critical studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Contents Foreword By Sue-Ellen Case 1. The Phenomenon of Lara Croft2. A Duplicitous Gift3. The Origins of a Cultural Icon4. The Market and the Hardware5. Medial Origins and Sexual Grounds6. Virtual Reality7. The Interactive Movie8. The Loss of Surface9. The Medialization of the Body10. The Universal Medium11. Tomb Raider: the Movie12. The Question of Sexual Difference13. Afterplay: the Next Generation NotesBibliographyIndex

Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky is professor of media studies at Ruhr University Bochum.Dominic J. Bonfiglio is a freelance translator living in Berlin.Sue-Ellen Case is professor of critical studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Contents Foreword By Sue-Ellen Case 1. The Phenomenon of Lara Croft2. A Duplicitous Gift3. The Origins of a Cultural Icon4. The Market and the Hardware5. Medial Origins and Sexual Grounds6. Virtual Reality7. The Interactive Movie8. The Loss of Surface9. The Medialization of the Body10. The Universal Medium11. Tomb Raider: the Movie12. The Question of Sexual Difference13. Afterplay: the Next Generation NotesBibliographyIndex

Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky is professor of media studies at Ruhr University Bochum.Dominic J. Bonfiglio is a freelance translator living in Berlin.Sue-Ellen Case is professor of critical studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

• Contents Foreword By Sue-Ellen Case 1. The Phenomenon of Lara Croft2. A Duplicitous Gift3. The Origins of a Cultural Icon4. The Market and the Hardware5. Medial Origins and Sexual Grounds6. Virtual Reality7. The Interactive Movie8. The Loss of Surface9. The Medialization of the Body10. The Universal Medium11. Tomb Raider: the Movie12. The Question of Sexual Difference13. Afterplay: the Next Generation NotesBibliographyIndex