The Ferocious Medusa: The Petrifying, Apotropaic Gaze and Matrixial Vulva of Medusa, alongside Genital Display Figures

This review of ten articles, books, and chapters on the mythic Medusa and genital display figures illustrates Medusa’s petrifying and apotropaic gaze and her engulfing vulva, or eye blazoning her matrixial force, as her severed head demonstrates her abiding pro-creative, indomitable force. Through a...

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Main Author: Alban, Gillian M. E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana University Press 2023
In: Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-67
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Medusa / Vulva (Motif) / Gaze (Motif) / Apotropaic object / Art / Literature
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
Further subjects:B Medusa
B Gaze
B apotrope
B vulva
B Display
B fascinate
B Literature report
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

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