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MEDUSA
IN THE MIRROR OF TIME |
| By: |
David Leeming |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£13.33 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1780231334 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781780231334 |
| Publisher: |
REAKTION BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
17 July, 2013 |
| Description: |
In this book, David Leeming analyses the Medusa in myth, history, philosophy, modern psychoanalysis, art, literature, feminism and the advertising industry |
| Synopsis: |
Medusa petrifies. Her gaze turned the ancients to stone; for Dante she was an erotic power that could destroy men. Freud saw in her serpentine hair a nest of terrifying penises signalling the castration complex, while for the Greek hero Perseus she was a dangerous female monster who must be destroyed. Yet in our time Medusa's reputation has improved: feminists see her as a noble victim of a patriarchal society; the fashion house Versace celebrates the lure of her mysterious visage in a logo that stares out at us from his adverts; and she has served as a model for numerous theories by modern philosophers and intellectuals. In our contemporary culture she is once again a power player demanding to be recognized. Medusa still transfixes us. In Medusa: In the Mirror of Time David Leeming explores how and why the mythical figure of the Gorgon has become one of the most important and enduring of human history. He searches for Medusa's origins in global cultures more disparate and more ancient than the well-known classical Greek and follows her path through the centuries.The author finds that the Medusa myth is a cultural dream that has continually developed and changed with each passing era, ultimately bringing him to the question: what does the Medusa dream say about us? |
| Illustrations: |
30 illus |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Reaktion Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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