Cultural reflections of Medusa : the shadow in the glass
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Cultural reflections of Medusa : the shadow in the glass
(Interdisciplinary research in gender)
Routledge, 2020
- : hbk
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This project studies the patterns in which the Medusa myth shapes, constructs, and transforms new meanings of women today, correlating portrayals in ancient Greek myth, nineteenth- century Symbolist painting, and new, controversial, visions of women in contemporary art.
The myth of the Medusa has long been the ultimate symbol of woman as monster. With her roots in classical mythology, Medusa has appeared time and again throughout history and culture and this book studies the patterns in which the Medusa myth shapes, constructs, and transforms new meanings of women today. Hedgecock presents an interdisciplinary and broad historical "cultural reflections" of the modern Medusa, including the work of Maria Callas, Nan Goldin, the Symbolist painters and twentieth-century poets.
This timely and necessary work will be key reading for students and researchers specializing in mythology or gender studies across a variety of fields, touching on interdisciplinary research in feminist theory, art history and theory, cultural studies, and psychology.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The shadow in the glass
Part I The myth
1 The modern Medusa
2 The historical and mythical origins of Medusa
3 Symbolism in the Medusa myth: The decapitated head of Medusa
Part II Symbolist interpretations of Medusa
4 Jean Delville and The Idol of Perversity
5 Medusean images in paintings by Franz von Stuck
6 Edvard Munch and the fatal woman of Medusa
Part III Medusa in the twenty-first century: Identifying the woman in the mirror
7 Nan Goldin and a new vision of Medusa
8 Liz Craft and the all knowing "I"
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