Balancing the scales : an examination of the manipulation and transformation of symbolic concepts of women / edited by Marie A. Conn, Therese McGuire.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conn, Marie A., 1944-

McGuire, Thérèse.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex role.

Femininity.

Archetype (Psychology).

Sexism.

Sexism in religion.

Physical Description:

xxx, 134 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2003]

Summary:

Balancing the Scales, a book of essays by faculty members of Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, is an exploration of the manipulation and transformation of symbolic concepts of women. A multidisciplinary collection, representing Art History, English, Spanish Language and Literature, Psychology, and Theology, this book hopes to raise awareness of the historical perception of women before and after the so-called patriarchal revolution.

Contents:

1 "Pandora and Eve: The Manipulation and Transformation of Female Archetypes" / Marie A. Conn 1

2 "Symbolic Images of Women: The Whore of Babylon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun" / Therese McGuire, SSJ 25

3 "'Am I Not Your Mother?' Identity and Resistance at Tepayac and Montserrat" / Cecelia Cavanaugh, SSJ 51

4 "Paler by Comparison: Shadows of Cleopatra in Nineteenth-Century Representations of the New Woman Vampire" / Barbara Lonnquist 71

5 "The Return of the Goddess" / Nancy Porter 103.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761825134

OCLC:

51722794