Goddesses in myth and cultural memory
Introduction: "To whom death never comes" -- Goddess prototypes : the classical literature -- The goddesses of philosophy : the literature of later antiquity -- Virgin, erotic temptress, mother and cosmic womb -- Dualism and the mediating goddess -- "The goddess of the triple ways&quo...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomsbury Academic
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Goddess
/ Myth
/ Religion
/ Literature
/ Psychology
/ History
B Goddess / Archetype / History |
| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion |
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Goddesses
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| Summary: | Introduction: "To whom death never comes" -- Goddess prototypes : the classical literature -- The goddesses of philosophy : the literature of later antiquity -- Virgin, erotic temptress, mother and cosmic womb -- Dualism and the mediating goddess -- "The goddess of the triple ways" : triads and trinities -- Naming the goddesses geopolitics and the intertranslation of names -- Asherah, Sophia, Shechinah : are they Hebrew goddesses? -- Did Christianity make the goddess disappear? -- Personifying nature and wisdom : the medieval and early modern goddess -- New mythologies of gender : feminists, psychoanalysts, epistemologists -- The goddess interpreted. "How have the goddesses of ancient myth survived, prevalent even now as literary and cultural icons? How do allegory, symbolic interpretation and political context transform the goddess from her regional and individual identity into a goddess of philosophy and literature? Emilie Kutash explores these questions, beginning from the premise that cultural memory, a collective cultural and social phenomenon, can last thousands of years. Kutash demonstrates a continuing practice of interpreting and allegorizing ancient myths, tracing these goddesses of archaic origin through history. Chapters follow the goddesses from their ancient near eastern prototypes, to their place in the epic poetry, drama and hymns of classical Greece, to their appearance in Platonic philosophy, Medieval allegory, and their association with Christendom. Finally, Kutash considers how goddesses were made into Jungian archetypes, and how contemporary spiritual feminists made them a counterfoil to male divinity, thereby addressing the continued role of goddesses in perpetuating gender binaries"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0567697398 |