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And last but not least, for U.S. $2000: Who can forget Jack Palance as this invader whose army threatens Rome in the 5th century & in 1954's "Sign of the Pagan"? CW - verging strongly on yellowface.
February 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
And last but not least, for U.S. $2000: Who can forget Jack Palance as this invader whose army threatens Rome in the 5th century & in 1954's "Sign of the Pagan"? CW - verging strongly on yellowface.
Up now: @theshirapather.bsky.social analyzing how Pat Barker's "Silence of the Girls" comments upon and reinterprets ancient narratives of sexual assault in light of modern views of rape in times of war.
November 14, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Up now: @theshirapather.bsky.social analyzing how Pat Barker's "Silence of the Girls" comments upon and reinterprets ancient narratives of sexual assault in light of modern views of rape in times of war.
Up now: Vilma Losyte discussing the use of the Louvre's classical sculptures in modern French fashion campaigns, which pairs Black actresses & models with the classical marble sculptures. She notes the marketing campaign still focuses on 1 canon of beauty, rather than, e.g. the Portrait of Madeline.
November 14, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Up now: Vilma Losyte discussing the use of the Louvre's classical sculptures in modern French fashion campaigns, which pairs Black actresses & models with the classical marble sculptures. She notes the marketing campaign still focuses on 1 canon of beauty, rather than, e.g. the Portrait of Madeline.
Join the Xena virtual book launch or, if you can't, get 20% off the book and all other classical reception texts in the Imagines series! antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
November 13, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Join the Xena virtual book launch or, if you can't, get 20% off the book and all other classical reception texts in the Imagines series! antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Grace Gillies analyzes "Those About To Die" in terms of both its diverse representation of the Roman Empire but also still framing White men and British accents as the "Roman Default" and the elite patrician class, with "foreign queens" as dangerous regardless of their relationship to Rome.
November 10, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Grace Gillies analyzes "Those About To Die" in terms of both its diverse representation of the Roman Empire but also still framing White men and British accents as the "Roman Default" and the elite patrician class, with "foreign queens" as dangerous regardless of their relationship to Rome.
Welcome new followers! The Antiquity in Media Studies free online conference continues - right now with a panel on the boundaries of Rome in Roman movies, esp Britannia & North Africa. Katrina Knight discusses how women are often the "fundamental Other" in Roman Britain movies - dangerous & savage.
November 10, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Welcome new followers! The Antiquity in Media Studies free online conference continues - right now with a panel on the boundaries of Rome in Roman movies, esp Britannia & North Africa. Katrina Knight discusses how women are often the "fundamental Other" in Roman Britain movies - dangerous & savage.
Today's Antiquity in Media Studies panels include receptions of Homer, Sierra Schiano on why classicists should be teaching Percy Jackson and democratizing classical reception, and video games, including #Hades2! antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/aims-confere...
November 9, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Today's Antiquity in Media Studies panels include receptions of Homer, Sierra Schiano on why classicists should be teaching Percy Jackson and democratizing classical reception, and video games, including #Hades2! antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/aims-confere...
On now: Modern mass music and ancient Mediterranean culture as techne:
@duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social is speaking about the use of Swift's use of classical imagery in the video for "Karma" and rejection of her previous good-girl (White) image. antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/aims-confere...
@duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social is speaking about the use of Swift's use of classical imagery in the video for "Karma" and rejection of her previous good-girl (White) image. antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/aims-confere...
November 8, 2024 at 5:20 PM
On now: Modern mass music and ancient Mediterranean culture as techne:
@duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social is speaking about the use of Swift's use of classical imagery in the video for "Karma" and rejection of her previous good-girl (White) image. antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/aims-confere...
@duxfeminafacti9.bsky.social is speaking about the use of Swift's use of classical imagery in the video for "Karma" and rejection of her previous good-girl (White) image. antiquityinmediastudies.wordpress.com/aims-confere...
@aimeehindsscott.bsky.social will be speaking at #AIMS on Friday November 8th, 12 PM EDT, on Myth and Mousikē: Music and Performance as Investigative Tools in Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical”, along with Alicia Matz on Taylor Swift and Daniel Soliman on Ancient Egypt and Afrofuturist Music!
October 18, 2024 at 11:42 PM
@aimeehindsscott.bsky.social will be speaking at #AIMS on Friday November 8th, 12 PM EDT, on Myth and Mousikē: Music and Performance as Investigative Tools in Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical”, along with Alicia Matz on Taylor Swift and Daniel Soliman on Ancient Egypt and Afrofuturist Music!