Classical Receptions and Impact of Xena

Amanda Potter is a Visiting Fellow in Classics at the Open University, UK. She co-edited Ancient Epic in Film and Television (2021) and has published widely on classics in film and television. Anise K. Strong is Associate Professor in Classics at Western Michigan University, USA. She has published widely on classics in film, television and comics.

1. Introduction – Amanda Potter, Open University, UK and Anise Strong. Western Michigan University, usa

Section 1: Xena, History and Mythology
2. Xena in Britain – Tony Keen, University of Notre Dame, USA
3. Cleopatra in the Xenaverse – Trevor Fear, Open University, UK
4. Xena and the Dictator – Ayelet Peer and Avishay Gerczuk, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
5. Xena as Healer – Anneka Rene, Saint Kentigern College, New Zealand
6. Envisioning Helen of Troy – Bonnie Rock-McCutcheon, Wilson College, USA
7. The Reception of Cupid and Psyche in Xena: Warrior Princess – Hendrik Müller, Hochschule Fresenius Hamburg, Germany
8. Xena’s Amazons – Laurel Bowman, University of Victoria, Canada and Connie Skibinski, University of Newcastle, Australia
9. Xena and Christianity -- Rossella Gangi, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Section 2: The Impact of Xena
10. No Union, No Network, No Rules: New Zealand Flexible Production Models and Xena – Lauren Steimer, University of South Carolina, USA
11. Kata-basses: Xena, Breaking Walls and Genres with Television Musical Episodes – Anise Strong, Western Michigan University, USA
12. The Bard of Poteidaia. Expressing Lesbian Identity through the Bardic Voice – Sara Palermo, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
13. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Callisto?: Rewriting a victim/villain – Amanda Potter, Open University, UK
14. Changing the Known World: Xenites, Community, and Activism – Tanya Cook, Community College of Aurora, USA
15. Gaming with Xena: The Xena and Hercules RPG – Hamish Cameron, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
16. Whoosh. Org and Xena Fandom – Kym Taborn, Independent Scholar, USA
17. Afterword – Nick Lowe, Royal Holloway University of London, UK

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