Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World (Hardcover)

List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Filippo Carla-Uhink, Potsdam University, Germany & Anja Wieber, Independent Scholar, Germany 2. Semiramide in India. The Reception of an Ancient Oriental Warrior Queen in Baroque Opera Kerstin Droß-Krupe, Universitat Kassel, Germany 3. Carian Queens from the Orient to Greece and Back: The Reception of Artemisia I and Artemisia II Irene Berti, Independent Scholar, Germany 4. The Persian Boy, the Bactrian Girl and the Man from Macedon - Gender and Orientalisms in Mary Renault's Alexander the Great-Trilogy Ann-Cathrin Harders, Universitat Bielefeld, Germany 5. Drypetis in Fact and (Fan) Fiction Sabine Muller, Universitat Marburg, Germany 6. Exotic, Erotic, Heroic? Women of Carthage in Western Imagination Marta Garia Morcillo, University of Roehampton, UK 7. In the Name of Cleopatra: Emma Hamilton and Catherine Stepney Make Their Mark Mary Hamer, Kipling Society, UK 8. Colon(ial)izing Fulvia: (Re)Presenting the Military Woman in History, Fiction, and Art Peter Keegan, Macquarie University, Australia 9. The Oriental Empresses of Rome. Severan Women in Literature and the Performative Arts Martijn Icks, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands 10. The Palmyrene Queen Zenobia in Syrian TV - Inverting Orientalism for Modern Nationhood? Anja Wieber, Independent Scholar, Germany 11. The Dark Gaze of Galla Placidia, Christopher Bishop, Australian National University, Australia 12. Theodora A.P. (After Procopius) / Theodora A.S. (After Sardou): Metamorphoses of an Empress Filippo Carla-Uhink, Potsdam University, Germany 13. From Historical Enigma to Modern Role Model: The Reception of Sasanid Queen Sirin in Contemporary Iranian Cinema Irene Madreiter, Universitat Innsbruck, Austria 14. Instead of a Conclusion: Gynaecocracy in the Orient, Oriental Seclusion in the Occident Beate Wagner-Hasel, Universitat Hannover, Germany Notes Bibliography Index