Published on Oct 22, 2011
Astraea co-sponsors a panel discussion on October 22nd at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. The panel investigates gender and stereotypes in Stieg Larssons The Millennium Trilogy. Artist Linda Stein moderates with presenters Michael Kimmel, Shelby Knox and Jimmie Briggs.
Produced by Have Art Will Travel: for Gender Justice, a project of Artist Linda Stein, this intergenerational panel will highlight the two main characters from Stieg Larssons The Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest) and the subsequent Swedish movies based on these books.
Linda Stein will introduce the discussion with movie clips revealing how Salander and Blomkvist shake up stereotypic gender roles. The panelists will focus on current trends in gender fluidity as related to the attitude of young women today: Shelby Knox; a new prototype for masculinity: Michael Kimmel; mens attitudes toward current sexual abuse allegations (Dominique Strauss-Kahn vs. the hotel housekeeper and policemen vs. the inebriated woman): Jimmie Briggs. A Q&A will follow.
Free with museum admission. Limited seating. Please respond by email to [email protected]
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