Handbook of research on translating myth and reality in women imagery across disciplines / Roxana Ciolaneanu and Roxana Marinescu, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ciolăneanu, Roxana, 1977- author.

Contributor:

Ciolăneanu, Roxana, 1977- editor.

Marinescu, Roxana, 1969- editor.

Series:

Advances in linguistics and communication studies (ALCS) book series.

Advances in linguistics and communication studies (ALCS) book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Cross-cultural studies.

Women.

Women in literature.

Women--Mythology.

Women--Social conditions.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

31 PDFs (403 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2021]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

"This book provides perspective on the perception and reception of women across time and space, tackling various aspects, such as gender studies, linguistic studies, literature and cultural studies, discourse analysis, philosophy, anthropology, and sociology issues. Its main objective is to present new approaches and propose new answers to old questions related to gender inequalities, stereotypes and prejudices about women and their place in the world"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Section 1. Women's imagery between reality and fiction. Chapter 1. In need for more tailored feminist stories in a time of crisis ; Chapter 2. Representative figures outlining the Romanian women imagery: synthesis study on the "Romanian culture and civilization" courses for foreign students ; Chapter 3. Translating muslim women's bodies: the semantic battle on the hijab

Section 2. Women's language. Chapter 4. How language use "translates" women: a cognitive account of women imagery in Romanian society ; Chapter 5. What do Portuguese proverbs say about women? ; Chapter 6. Talking about women

Section 3. Motherhood and mothering. Chapter 7. The myth of motherhood in communist and postcommunist Romania: from pro-natalist policies to neoliberal views ; Chapter 8. Enshrining motherhood, entombing the mother: the crises of the urban Indian professional ; Chapter 9. The legacy of the terrible mother archetype in post-war British drama: Ann Jellicoe's the sport of my mad mother

Section 4. Women: perception and reception in film and media studies. Chapter 10. The magician, the savior, and the cyborg: exploring girlhood in young adult film ; Chapter 11. Fifty shades of pretty and thin: psychological research on gender stereotypes in media and advertising ; Chapter 12. (Desperate) housewives, domestic angels, or femmes fatales: stereotyped categories of female representation on the Italian social semiotic landscape

Section 5. Representations of women in literature. Chapter 13. Deconstructing stereotypes in the discourse of the Irish Republic: the Irish woman through the lens of the Celtic tiger and post-Celtic tiger short story ; Chapter 14. The Raven and the White dove: (un)customary representations of women in traditional folk Breton ballads ; Chapter 15. Images of the female body in Émile Zola's novels: views of womanhood in 19th century French society

Section 6. Being a female writer: challenges across time. Chapter 16. Christine de Pizan: myths and processes of humanizing and valuing women ; Chapter 17. East and west, or the creolization of cultural spaces: an exploration of Domnica Radulescu's Black sea twilight.

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781799864608

OCLC:

1202489613