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Author Doherty, Lillian E., author

Title Gender and the interpretation of classical myth / Lillian E. Doherty
Published London, England ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2003
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (193 pages)
Series Classical Inter/faces
Classical inter/faces.
Contents Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: Classical Myths in Contemporary Culture; 1. Myth and Gender Systems; 2. Psychological Approaches; 3. Myth and Ritual; 4. Myth as 'Charter'; 5. Structuralist and Post-Structuralist Approaches; 6. Myth, Folklore, and Popular Culture; Notes; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
Summary Myths reflect, reinforce, and sometimes subvert gender ideologies and so have an influence in the 'real world'. This is true in the present no less than when the Greek and Roman myths were created. The struggles to redefine gender roles and identities in our own time are inevitably reflected in our interpretations and retellings of these classical myths. Using the new lenses provided by gender studies and diverse forms of feminism, Lillian Doherty re-examines some of the major approaches to myth interpretation in the twentieth century: psychological, ritualist, 'charter', structuralist and fol
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 13, 2015)
Subject Mythology, Greek.
Sex -- Mythology.
Mythology, Classical.
Mythology, Classical
Mythology, Greek
Sex -- Mythology
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781472502391
1472502396
0715630423
9780715630426