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Laughing with Medusa : classical myth and feminist thought / edited by Vanda Zajko and Miriam Leonard.
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- Book
- Series:
- Classical presences
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mythology, Classical, in literature.
- Feminist literature--History and criticism.
- Feminist literature.
- Feminism and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 445 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- This book explores a series of interlinking questions, including: Does history's self-positioning as the successor of myth result in the exclusion of alternative narratives of the past? How does feminism exclude itself from certain historical discourses? Why has psychoanalysis placed myth at the centre of its explorations of the modern subject? Why are the Muses feminine? Do the categories of myth and politics intersect or are they mutually exclusive? Does feminism's recourse to myth offer a script of resistance or commit it to an ineffective utopianism? This book engages with these questions from a truly interdisciplinary perspective, covering a wide range of subject areas including poetry, philosophy, science, history, and psychoanalysis as well as classics. It also includes a work of fiction, "Iphigeneia's Wedding", by the poet Elizabeth Cook. This text explores the reception of classical myth within feminist writing across a wide range of subject areas, including poetry, philosophy, science, politics, critical theory, and psychoanalysis.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2006.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Francis A. Jackson Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 9780191706455
- 0191706450
- 9780199237944
- 0199237948
- OCLC:
- 801845682
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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