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Cultural Reflections of Medusa: The Shadow in the Glass

Cultural Reflections of Medusa: The Shadow in the Glass

Hardcover

Series: Interdisciplinary Research in Gender

General ArtGeneral Gender Studies

ISBN10: 0367183471
ISBN13: 9780367183479
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 9 2019
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.40
Language: English

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.

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