Gender and the Interpretation of Classical Myth
1st Edition
Published on 2. March 2015
160 pages
978-1-4725-0239-1 (ISBN)
Description
Myths reflect, reinforce, and sometimes subvert gender ideologies and so have an influence in the 'real world'. This is true in the present no less than when the Greek and Roman myths were created. The struggles to redefine gender roles and identities in our own time are inevitably reflected in our interpretations and retellings of these classical myths. Using the new lenses provided by gender studies and diverse forms of feminism, Lillian Doherty re-examines some of the major approaches to myth interpretation in the twentieth century: psychological, ritualist, 'charter', structuralist and folklorist. She also explores 'popular' uses of classical mythology - from television and comic books to the evocation of goddesses in Jungian psychology.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-0239-1 (9781472502391)
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Lillian Doherty
Gender and the Interpretation of Classical Myth
Book
11/2001
Bristol Classical Press
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Person
Lillian Doherty is Professor of Classics at the University of Maryland and the author of Siren Songs: Gender, Audiences, and Narrators in the Odyssey.
Content
Acknowledgements
Preface: Classical Myths in Contemporary Culture
1. Myth and Gender Systems
2. Psychological Approaches
3. Myth and Ritual
4. Myth as 'Charter'
5. Structuralist and Post-Structuralist Approaches
6. Myth, Folklore, and Popular Culture
Notes
Further Reading
Index
Preface: Classical Myths in Contemporary Culture
1. Myth and Gender Systems
2. Psychological Approaches
3. Myth and Ritual
4. Myth as 'Charter'
5. Structuralist and Post-Structuralist Approaches
6. Myth, Folklore, and Popular Culture
Notes
Further Reading
Index
