Gender and the Interpretation of Classical Myth (Classical Inter/faces) - Softcover

Doherty, Lillian

 
9780715630426: Gender and the Interpretation of Classical Myth (Classical Inter/faces)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0715630423 ISBN 13: 9780715630426
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, 2001

Synopsis

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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About the Author

<B>Lillian Doherty</B> is Professor of Classics at the University of Maryland and the author of <I>Siren Songs: Gender, Audiences, and Narrators in the Odyssey.</I>

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Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0715630423
ISBN 13 
9780715630426
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
192