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Bouboulina and the Greek Revolution: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Heroine of 1821 offers a critical look at the life and times of one of the most important figures in modern Greek history, expanding readers' understanding of Bouboulina's continued presence in popular culture and her impact on feminism and diasporic Greek identity.
List of contents
Introduction
April Kalogeropoulos Householder
Chapter 1. Re-framing the Greek Revolution: A Critical Survey of Sources Related to Bouboulina
April Kalogeropoulos Householder
Part I: Philhellenism and the Myth of Bouboulina
Chapter 2. The Greek Heroine: Bouboulina's Legacy in Nineteenth-Century America
Maureen Connors Santelli
Chapter 3. Bodies at War: Laskarina Bouboulina, Lord Byron, and the Gender Politics of the Greek Revolution
Alexander Grammatikos
Part II: Representations of Bouboulina in Art and Popular Culture
Chapter 4. Laskarina Bouboulina Imagined: Portraits of a Greek Heroine
Sharon E. J. Gerstel
Chapter 5. A Revolutionary Cinematic Heroine: Irene Papas in Bouboulina (1959)
Lydia Papadimitriou
Chapter 6. "You only wanted me for the kitchen. That's why I revolted like Bouboulina": Gendered Commemorations of Bouboulina in Greek Music
Yona Stamatis
Part III: International Perspectives on Bouboulina and the Greek Revolution
Chapter 7. "The Hive of Villainy": Ottoman Perspectives on Spetses During the Greek Revolution
Berke Torunölu
Chapter 8. A Feminist Evaluation of Bouboulina's Representation in German Literature of the Nineteenth Century
Anastasia Antonopoulou
Chapter 9. "Whether I am equal to men, you will learn later": Bouboulina, Emilia Plater, and Polish Philhellenic Poetry
Ewa Ró¿a Janion
Chapter 10. Bouboulina and Italian Philhellenism
Gabriele Paolini
Part IV: Legacies
Chapter 11. Civil War and the Assassination of Bouboulina
Kalomoira Argyriou-Koumpi
Chapter 12. "Where Courage is Still Close": The Reception of Laskarina Bouboulina in South America
Cristina Tsardikos
About the author
Edited by April Kalogeropoulos Householder - Foreword by Pavlos Demertzis-Bouboulis - Contributions by Kalomoira Anargyriou-Koumpi; Anastasia Antonopoulou; Sharon E. J. Gerstel; Alexander Grammatikos; April Kalogeropoulos Householder; Ewa Róza Janion; Gab
Summary
Bouboulina and the Greek Revolution: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Heroine of 1821 offers a critical look at the life and times of one of the most important figures in modern Greek history, expanding readers’ understanding of Bouboulina’s continued presence in popular culture and her impact on feminism and diasporic Greek identity.
