
- 216 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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A Feminist Mythology
About this book
A Feminist Mythology takes us on a poetic journey through the canonical myths of femininity, testing them from the point of view of our modern condition. A myth is not an object, but rather a process, one that Chiara Bottici practises by exploring different variants of the myth of "womanhood" through first- and third-person prose and poetry. We follow a series of myths that morph into each other, disclosing ways of being woman that question inherited patriarchal orders. In this metamorphic world, story-telling is not just a mix of narrative, philosophical dialogues and metaphysical theorizing: it is a current that traverses all of them by overflowing the boundaries it encounters. In doing so, A Feminist Mythology proposes an alternative writing style that recovers ancient philosophical and literary traditions from the pre-Socratic philosophers and Ovid's Metamorphoses to the philosophical novellas and feminist experimental writings of the last century.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Dedication
- Series
- Title Page
- Contents
- Preface: a myth and a half
- Introduction: a book of books
- PART ONE Two myths and a half
- First myth: Sherazade and her phantom
- Second myth: the dress of Ariadne
- Third myth: Europa recovered
- Epilogue
- Intermission
- PART TWO The city of women
- Epilogue
- Intermission
- PART THREE Bestiarium
- Prologue
- Epilogue
- Intermission
- PART FOUR Herbarium
- Prologue
- Grand finale
- Copyright