Allied Media Conference 2011: From Shaharazad to Hit Girl
Turning the notion of violence begetting violence on its head, Shaharazad emerges as the unlikely shero of the fantastical Thousand and One Nights. Shaharazad, as well as the character Hit Girl, of Kick Ass fame, serve as symbols of what females can achieve when they set out to defy patriarchal norms.
We will look at memorable characters that occupy different places on the feminist Sheroes’ timeline, from classic literature’s Thousand and One Nights to 2011’s Hannah. Different female characters have served as universal types that reflect the reality of women in that time and place as well as call into question how women and men perpetuate damaging stereotypes. Sheroes have employed techniques and knowledge that fall outside the patriarchal arsenal of brute force and appropriation; these seminal female characters have shown us a better way to be and a better way to do. Website presentations, and audience-centric activities will galvanize audience- driven conversations about the issues at hand.
Participants will leave the sessions having created figures to address the timeless issue of feminist identity in a society wherein internal and external conflicts are pervasive.
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