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Using a variety of methodologies from multi-disciplinary backgrounds, this volume is the first to present an in-depth analysis of the life and times of Laskarina Bouboulina, the legendary heroine of the Greek Revolution and one of the most important figures in modern Greek history, the Mediterranean, and indeed, the world. At the age of fifty and mother to ten children, Bouboulina commanded a fleet of ships from the island of Spetses and became the first female admiral in world naval history. But her success on the battlefield is only part of the story – by considering her three-century impact on feminism, cultural production, and as a touchstone of diasporic Greek identity, the contributors to this volume also expand our understanding of her far-reaching and under-recognized contributions.

Table 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 o

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Published Jul 10 2023
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 1
ISBN 9781978785502
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 45 b/w illustrations;
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
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