Medusa In the Mirror of Time
| Author/creator | Leeming, David Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Reaktion Books, Limited Chicago : Chicago Distribution Center [Distributor] |
| Description | 128 p. ill 08.500 x 05.500 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Public Library Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation With her repulsive face and head full of living, venomous snakes, Medusa is petrifyingquite literally, since looking directly at her turned people to stone. Ever since Perseus cut off her head and presented it to Athena, she has been a woman of many forms: a dangerous female monster that had to be destroyed, an erotic power that could annihilate men, and, thanks to Freud, a woman whose hair was a nest of terrifying penises that signaled castration. She has been immortalized by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Salvador Dalí and was the emblem of the Jacobins after the French Revolution. Today, shes viewed by feminists as a noble victim of patriarchy and used by Versace in the designers logo for mens underwear, haute couture, and exotic dinnerware. Sheeven gives hername to a sushi roll on a Disney resort menu. Why does Medusa continue to have this power to transfix us?David Leeming seeks to answer this question in Medusa, a biography of the mythical creature. Searching for the origins of Medusas myth in cultures that predate ancient Greece, Leeming explores how and why the mythical figure of the gorgon has become one of the most important and enduring ideas in human history. From an oil painting by Caravaggio to Clash of the Titans and Dungeons and Dragons, he delves into the many depictions of Medusa, ultimately revealing that her story is a cultural dream that continues to change and develop with each new era.Asking what the evolution of the Medusa myth discloses about our culture and ourselves, this book paints an illuminating portrait of a woman who has never ceased to enthrall. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9781780230955 |
| ISBN | 1780230958 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9781780230955 |
| Stock number | 00314465 |
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