Wim Tigges
Biographic Data
| ID | 5400407 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wim Tigges |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wim |
| FAMILY NAME | Tigges |
| SIGNATURE | TIGGES W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Woman Like You? Emma Peel, Xena
A WOMAN OF-COURage, of beauty, of action-a woman who could become desperate and yet remain strong, a woman who could become confused, and yet remain intelligent, a woman who could fight back, and yet remain feminine-and you and only you, Emma Peel, had all these qualifications." In these words Z. Z. Von Schnerk, "director, writer, producer and film maker extraordinary," explains to Emma Peel in "Epic," an episode from the 1960s British television…
A Bard’s eye view
This article aims to present an analytical survey of various aspects of narrative mediation in the action-fantasy TV-series Xena: Warrior Princess, by discussing a number of structural, verbal as well as visual devices that justify the qualification of Xena as “art television”. What is particularly unique to this series is the manner in which Xena’s heroic exploits have reached the modern viewer, namely by means of the “scrolls” produced by Xena’…
Cults, Cant, and Converts
This article addresses one of the more engaging and provocative issues in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, namely that of the threats posed by fanaticism, fundamentalism, and zealotry. Concentrating on the most relevant episodes and providing a fairly wide survey regarding this theme, it illustrates how the series portrays the way various cults and their leaders can harm communities as well as individuals. This survey will also demon…
Xena Rules
This paper analyzes and discusses "Antony and Cleopatra," an episode from the popular and highly intertextual action-fantasy television series, Xena: Warrior Princess, in the context of the Roman story arc in the series and more particularly as a "feminized" appropriation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Although Xena's version of this tragedy copies the voluptuous atmosphere of Shakespeare's play, it radically changes its characterization.…
Lat the womman telle hire tale' a reading of the wife of bath's tale
A Woman Like You? Emma Peel, Xena
A WOMAN OF-COURage, of beauty, of action-a woman who could become desperate and yet remain strong, a woman who could become confused, and yet remain intelligent, a woman who could fight back, and yet remain feminine-and you and only you, Emma Peel, had all these qualifications." In these words Z. Z. Von Schnerk, "director, writer, producer and film maker extraordinary," explains to Emma Peel in "Epic," an episode from the 1960s British television…
Cults, Cant, and Converts
This article addresses one of the more engaging and provocative issues in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, namely that of the threats posed by fanaticism, fundamentalism, and zealotry. Concentrating on the most relevant episodes and providing a fairly wide survey regarding this theme, it illustrates how the series portrays the way various cults and their leaders can harm communities as well as individuals. This survey will also demon…
Lat the womman telle hire tale' a reading of the wife of bath's tale
Xena Rules
This paper analyzes and discusses "Antony and Cleopatra," an episode from the popular and highly intertextual action-fantasy television series, Xena: Warrior Princess, in the context of the Roman story arc in the series and more particularly as a "feminized" appropriation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Although Xena's version of this tragedy copies the voluptuous atmosphere of Shakespeare's play, it radically changes its characterization.…
A Bard’s eye view
This article aims to present an analytical survey of various aspects of narrative mediation in the action-fantasy TV-series Xena: Warrior Princess, by discussing a number of structural, verbal as well as visual devices that justify the qualification of Xena as “art television”. What is particularly unique to this series is the manner in which Xena’s heroic exploits have reached the modern viewer, namely by means of the “scrolls” produced by Xena’…
Cults, Cant, and Converts
This article addresses one of the more engaging and provocative issues in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, namely that of the threats posed by fanaticism, fundamentalism, and zealotry. Concentrating on the most relevant episodes and providing a fairly wide survey regarding this theme, it illustrates how the series portrays the way various cults and their leaders can harm communities as well as individuals. This survey will also demon…
A Woman Like You? Emma Peel, Xena
A WOMAN OF-COURage, of beauty, of action-a woman who could become desperate and yet remain strong, a woman who could become confused, and yet remain intelligent, a woman who could fight back, and yet remain feminine-and you and only you, Emma Peel, had all these qualifications." In these words Z. Z. Von Schnerk, "director, writer, producer and film maker extraordinary," explains to Emma Peel in "Epic," an episode from the 1960s British television…
Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Fantasy (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Action (physics (1 work)