KINHMA: "Gladiatrix! Fighting Women of the Screen"
Hanna M. Roisman and Martin Winkler, organizers
This final panel of KINHMA will deal with a frequently neglected aspect
of the modern representation of ancient Greece and Rome: the portrayal
of female arena fighters, for whom there is ancient evidence and of
whom Ridley Scott's Gladiator included some fictionalized examples, and
of other kinds of heroic women, most prominently Xena, the warrior
princess. We are looking for papers that address the ways in which
usually male screenwriters and directors show (or show off) their
female stars, especially in their interactions with heroic males.
Abstracts must be submitted anonymously and should not exceed one page
(double-spaced) in length.
Send abstracts via e-mail only to both organizers by February 15, 2007,
at hroisman AT colby.edu and mwinkler AT gmu.edu.
Hanna M. Roisman and Martin Winkler, organizers
This final panel of KINHMA will deal with a frequently neglected aspect
of the modern representation of ancient Greece and Rome: the portrayal
of female arena fighters, for whom there is ancient evidence and of
whom Ridley Scott's Gladiator included some fictionalized examples, and
of other kinds of heroic women, most prominently Xena, the warrior
princess. We are looking for papers that address the ways in which
usually male screenwriters and directors show (or show off) their
female stars, especially in their interactions with heroic males.
Abstracts must be submitted anonymously and should not exceed one page
(double-spaced) in length.
Send abstracts via e-mail only to both organizers by February 15, 2007,
at hroisman AT colby.edu and mwinkler AT gmu.edu.