Analysing the evolution of the myth of the Amazons that has survived in our imagination for millenia.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Arturo Sánchez Sanz is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics at Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, and Lecturer in Humanities and Social Sciences at Isabel I of Castile International University, Spain.
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Contributors Part 1: Marginalisation and Hypersexualisation 1. Amazon Creation Across Female and Male Centred Texts, Connie Skibinski (Newcastle University, Australia) and Anneka Rene (Auckland University, New Zealand) 2. Classical Reception and Cultural Memory in Jenkins' Wonder Woman (2017), Alice Rae (University of Edinburgh, UK) 3. Where are the Amazons? Absences and Othering of Female and Feminine Agency in Audiovisual Adaptations of the Trojan War Narrative, Christine Lehnen (University of Manchester, UK) 4. The Myth of the Amazons is Always in Fashion, Giulia Corrente (Universita degli studi Roma Tre, Italy) 5. Controllers and Chainmail: Amazon' Costuming in Contemporary Video Games, Freya Fenton (University of Leicester, UK) Part 2: Heroic Warrior Women 6. "Refreshingly Distinct": The Role of Amazons in Video Games, Richard Cole (University of Bristol, UK) 7. Playing the Amazons and Warrior Women in Tabletop Games, Amy Norgard (Truman State University, USA) 8. Wonder Women: Searching for Amazons in Myth, Archaeology and Contemporary Media, Martine Diepenbroek (Johannesburg University, South Africa) 9. O Discurso e a Representação Das Guerreiras Amazônicas do Brasil- das Icamiabas à Mulher-Maravilha, Carlos Eduardo da Costa Campos (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) and Luis Filipe Bantim de Assumpção (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) 10. Native American Amazons: Indigenizing Wonder Woman and Beyond, Kendall Lovely (University of California Santa Barbara, USA) 11. Surviving a World of Men: Indigenous African Resistance and the Legacy of Amazonian Reception in The Woman King (2022), Natalie Swain (University of Winnipeg, Canada) and Evelyn N. Mayanja (Carleton University, Canada) Part 3: LGBTQIA+ and Feminist Icons 12. "I am no Man!": The (Mis)Use of Gender in Receptions of the Amazon Archetype, Tanika Koosmen (Newcastle University, Australia) 13. 'A-You're an Amazon': The Amazons as Lesbian/Feminist Archetypes, Tobias Fulton (Newcastle University, Australia) 14. 'Badass Babes' in Pop Culture - A New Embodiment?, Kay Buttfield (Sunshine Coast University, Australia) 15. The Sexual Katabasis of a 90s Amazon: Sex-Positivity and the Male Gaze in Artemis: Requiem (1996), Carly Maris (San Diego University, USA) 16. The Documentary Genre as a Social Shaper: The Representation of Amazon Women as Feminist Icons in Contemporary Documentary Films, Almudena Muñoz Gallego (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) 17. "Amazons" for War and Peace: XXI Centuries Movements for Women's Rights in Ukraine, Arturo Sanchez Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) Afterword: The New Ukrainian "Amazons": Fighting From Herakles to Putin, Arturo Sanchez Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) Notes Bibliography Index
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements List of Contributors Part 1: Marginalisation and Hypersexualisation 1. Amazon Creation Across Female and Male Centred Texts, Connie Skibinski (Newcastle University, Australia) and Anneka Rene (Auckland University, New Zealand) 2. Classical Reception and Cultural Memory in Jenkins' Wonder Woman (2017), Alice Rae (University of Edinburgh, UK) 3. Where are the Amazons? Absences and Othering of Female and Feminine Agency in Audiovisual Adaptations of the Trojan War Narrative, Christine Lehnen (University of Manchester, UK) 4. The Myth of the Amazons is Always in Fashion, Giulia Corrente (Universita degli studi Roma Tre, Italy) 5. Controllers and Chainmail: Amazon' Costuming in Contemporary Video Games, Freya Fenton (University of Leicester, UK) Part 2: Heroic Warrior Women 6. "Refreshingly Distinct": The Role of Amazons in Video Games, Richard Cole (University of Bristol, UK) 7. Playing the Amazons and Warrior Women in Tabletop Games, Amy Norgard (Truman State University, USA) 8. Wonder Women: Searching for Amazons in Myth, Archaeology and Contemporary Media, Martine Diepenbroek (Johannesburg University, South Africa) 9. O Discurso e a Representação Das Guerreiras Amazônicas do Brasil- das Icamiabas à Mulher-Maravilha, Carlos Eduardo da Costa Campos (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) and Luis Filipe Bantim de Assumpção (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil) 10. Native American Amazons: Indigenizing Wonder Woman and Beyond, Kendall Lovely (University of California Santa Barbara, USA) 11. Surviving a World of Men: Indigenous African Resistance and the Legacy of Amazonian Reception in The Woman King (2022), Natalie Swain (University of Winnipeg, Canada) and Evelyn N. Mayanja (Carleton University, Canada) Part 3: LGBTQIA+ and Feminist Icons 12. "I am no Man!": The (Mis)Use of Gender in Receptions of the Amazon Archetype, Tanika Koosmen (Newcastle University, Australia) 13. 'A-You're an Amazon': The Amazons as Lesbian/Feminist Archetypes, Tobias Fulton (Newcastle University, Australia) 14. 'Badass Babes' in Pop Culture - A New Embodiment?, Kay Buttfield (Sunshine Coast University, Australia) 15. The Sexual Katabasis of a 90s Amazon: Sex-Positivity and the Male Gaze in Artemis: Requiem (1996), Carly Maris (San Diego University, USA) 16. The Documentary Genre as a Social Shaper: The Representation of Amazon Women as Feminist Icons in Contemporary Documentary Films, Almudena Muñoz Gallego (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) 17. "Amazons" for War and Peace: XXI Centuries Movements for Women's Rights in Ukraine, Arturo Sanchez Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) Afterword: The New Ukrainian "Amazons": Fighting From Herakles to Putin, Arturo Sanchez Sanz (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) Notes Bibliography Index
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