Classical Receptions and Impact of Xena Warrior Princess

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Edited by Amanda Potter

Type: Studies
Subject: One Film > Xena: Warrior Princess (TV Series)
Keywords: TV Series, ancien epic
Publishing date: 2025 (February 06, 2025)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Collection: Imagines
Language: English

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Hardcover • 214 pages
6 x 9 ¼ inches (15.5 x 23.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-350-33241-6

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Book Presentation:
Presenting a wide range of new scholarly approaches, this is the first volume to critique the highly influential television series Xena: Warrior Princess. Based on the online international 2021 conference on Xena: Warrior Princess, this book offersa critical overview of the series' ground-breaking impact and discusses why it has maintained its appeal. Contributors from across the world include perspectives from classical reception studies, queer studies and fan studies to examine the influence of ancient Mediterranean mythology and history in the series and, in turn, how the series shaped the viewer’s understanding of the classical past. Significantly, there are also studies of Xena’s depiction as a barrier-smashing heroine, and an examination of how the series paved the way for portrayals of LGBTQ+ relationships on mainstream television. The legacy of the series is seen in how it has continued to shape modern views about classical antiquity and how it laid the groundwork for subsequent series and films representing the ancient world.

About the Author:
Filippo Carlà-Uhink is Professor of Ancient History at Potsdam University, Germany. His main research areas are the social and economical history of Late Antiquity, the history of the Roman Republic, the cultural history of ancient Rome, with a particular attention for space concepts and the construction of space, and the reception of antiquity in modern media. He is co-editor of Bloomsbury Academic's series IMAGINES - Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts, and editor of Caesar, Attila & Co. Comics und die Antike (2014) and, with Irene Berti, Ancient Magic and the Supernatural in the Modern Visual and Performing Arts (Bloomsbury Academic, 2015).Martin Lindner is Lecturer in Ancient History and Curator of the Tom Stern Collection film archive at the University of Göttingen, Germany.

Press Reviews:
"Written by scholars who proudly embrace their love for Xena: Warrior Princess, this book provides in-depth analyses of the show's creative reception of classical history and myth, its path-breaking production modes and its vibrant fandom." ―Florian Freitag, Professor of American Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

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