Gender, Creation Myths and their Reception in Western Civilization
«I would recommend this collection of well-researched essays to interested and curious scholars and educators hoping to learn more about how the “West” has understood our beginnings as humans and as engendered beings.»
The Classical Outlook
This volume offers an instructive comparative perspective on the Judaic, Christian, Greek and Roman myths about the creation of humans in relation to each other, as well as a broad overview of their enduring relevance in the modern Western world and its conceptions of gender and identity. Les mer
Chapters explore the role of gender in Graeco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian creation myths and their reception traditions, demonstrating how perceptions of 'male' and 'female' dating back to antiquity have become embedded in, and significantly influenced, subsequent perceptions of gender roles. Focusing on the figures of Prometheus, Pandora, Adam and Eve and their instantiations in a broad range of narratives and media from antiquity to the present day, they examine how variations on these myths reflect the concerns of the societies producing them and the malleability of the stories as they are recast to fit different contexts and different audiences.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 264
- ISBN
- 9781350212824
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«I would recommend this collection of well-researched essays to interested and curious scholars and educators hoping to learn more about how the “West” has understood our beginnings as humans and as engendered beings.»
The Classical Outlook