A feminist mythology / Chiara Bottici ; translated by Sveva Scaramuzzi and Claudia Corriero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bottici, Chiara, author.

Contributor:

Scaramuzzi, Sveva, translator.

Corriero, Claudia, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism and literature.

Women--Mythology.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.

Summary:

A Feminist Mythology takes us on a poetic journey through the canonical myths of femininity, testing them from the point of view of our modern condition. A myth is not an object, but rather a process, one that Chiara Bottici practises by exploring different variants of the myth of "womanhood" through first- and third-person prose and poetry. We follow a series of myths that morph into each other, disclosing ways of being woman that question inherited patriarchal orders. In this metamorphic world, story-telling is not just a mix of narrative, philosophical dialogues and metaphysical theorizing: it is a current that traverses all of them by overflowing the boundaries it encounters. In doing so, A Feminist Mythology proposes an alternative writing style that recovers ancient philosophical and literary traditions from the pre-Socratic philosophers and Ovid's Metamorphoses to the philosophical novellas and feminist experimental writings of the last century.

Contents:

Intro

Half-Title Page

Dedication

Series

Title Page

Contents

Preface: a myth and a half

Introduction: a book of books

PART ONE Two myths and a half

First myth: Sherazade and her phantom

Second myth: the dress of Ariadne

Third myth: Europa recovered

Epilogue

Intermission

PART TWO The city of women

PART THREE Bestiarium

Prologue

PART FOUR Herbarium

Grand finale

Copyright.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781350095984

1350095982