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050 00 a| BL473.5b| .Y685 2018;

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100 1 a| Young, Serinity,e| author.=| ^A686341;

245 10 a| Women who fly :b| goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females /c| Serinity Young.;

264 1 a| New York, NY :b| Oxford University Press,c| [2018];

300 a| xiii, 358 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Earth, sky, women, and immortality -- Winged goddesses of sexuality, death, and immortality -- The fall of the Valkyries -- Swan maidens: captivity and sexuality -- Angels and fairies: male flight and contrary females -- Apsarās: enabling male immortality, part 1 -- Yoginīs and dākinīs: enabling male immortality, part 2 -- Witches and succubi: male sexual fantasies -- Women shamans: fluctuations in female spiritual power -- Flying mystics, or the exceptional woman, part I -- Flying mystics, or the exceptional woman, part II -- The aviatrix: nationalism, women, and heroism.;

520 a| "Examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. ... Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories."--Jacket flap.;

520 a| "From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. She considers supernatural women like the Valkyries of Norse legend, who transport men to immortality; winged deities like the Greek goddesses Iris and Nike; figures of terror like the Furies, witches, and succubi; airborne Christian mystics; and wayward, dangerous women like Lilith and Morgan le Fay. Looking beyond the supernatural, Young examines the modern mythology surrounding twentieth-century female aviators like Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch. Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories. This is vividly depicted, for example, in the twelfth-century Niebelungenlied, in which the proud warrior-queen Brünnhilde loses her great physical strength when she is tricked into surrendering her virginity. Even in the twentieth-century the same idea is reflected in the exploits of the comic book and film character Wonder Woman who, Young suggests, retains her physical strength only because her love for fellow aviator Steve Trevor goes unrequited." -- Publisher's description;

650 0 a| Goddesses.=| ^A129586;

650 0 a| Wiccans.=| ^A1096812;

650 0 a| Women mystics.=| ^A345800;

650 0 a| Women.=| ^A768;

650 0 a| Supernatural.=| ^A17193;

650 7 a| Goddesses.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst00944180;

650 7 a| Supernatural.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01138960;

650 7 a| Wiccans.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01765210;

650 7 a| Women.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01176568;

650 7 a| Women mystics.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01178189;

650 4 a| SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology.;

650 4 a| RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies.;

650 4 a| HISTORY / Women.;

650 7 a| 71.33 women (sociology)0| (NL-LeOCL)0775971682| nbc;

776 08 i| Online version:a| Young, Serinity.t| Women who fly.d| New York : Oxford University Press, 2018z| 9780190659691w| (DLC) 2017052609;

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880 6| 520-00a| "From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. She considers supernatural women like the Valkyries of Norse legend, who transport men to immortality; winged deities like the Greek goddesses Iris and Nike; figures of terror like the Furies, witches, and succubi; airborne Christian mystics; and wayward, dangerous women like Lilith and Morgan le Fay. Looking beyond the supernatural, Young examines the modern mythology surrounding twentieth-century female aviators like Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch. Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories. This is vividly depicted, for example, in the twelfth-century Niebelungenlied, in which the proud warrior-queen Br�unnhilde loses her great physical strength when she is tricked into surrendering her virginity. Even in the twentieth-century the same idea is reflected in the exploits of the comic book and film character Wonder Woman who, Young suggests, retains her physical strength only because her love for fellow aviator Steve Trevor goes unrequited." -- Publisher's description;

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Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / Serinity Young.

Author/creator	Young, Serinity author.
Format	Book
Publication	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Description	xiii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Goddesses. Wiccans. Women mystics. Women. Supernatural. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology. RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies. HISTORY / Women.

Contents	Earth, sky, women, and immortality -- Winged goddesses of sexuality, death, and immortality -- The fall of the Valkyries -- Swan maidens: captivity and sexuality -- Angels and fairies: male flight and contrary females -- Apsarās: enabling male immortality, part 1 -- Yoginīs and dākinīs: enabling male immortality, part 2 -- Witches and succubi: male sexual fantasies -- Women shamans: fluctuations in female spiritual power -- Flying mystics, or the exceptional woman, part I -- Flying mystics, or the exceptional woman, part II -- The aviatrix: nationalism, women, and heroism.
Abstract	"Examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. ... Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories."--Jacket flap.
Abstract	"From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. She considers supernatural women like the Valkyries of Norse legend, who transport men to immortality; winged deities like the Greek goddesses Iris and Nike; figures of terror like the Furies, witches, and succubi; airborne Christian mystics; and wayward, dangerous women like Lilith and Morgan le Fay. Looking beyond the supernatural, Young examines the modern mythology surrounding twentieth-century female aviators like Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch. Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories. This is vividly depicted, for example, in the twelfth-century Niebelungenlied, in which the proud warrior-queen Brünnhilde loses her great physical strength when she is tricked into surrendering her virginity. Even in the twentieth-century the same idea is reflected in the exploits of the comic book and film character Wonder Woman who, Young suggests, retains her physical strength only because her love for fellow aviator Steve Trevor goes unrequited." -- Publisher's description
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Young, Serinity. Women who fly. New York : Oxford University Press, 2018 9780190659691
LCCN	2017011532
ISBN	9780195307887 (hardcover)
ISBN	0195307887 (hardcover)

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