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Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory (Hardcover)
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Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory (Hardcover)
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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 and Neoplatonic
philosophy, Medieval allegory, and their association with
Christendom. Finally, Kutash considers how goddesses were made into
Jungian archetypes, and how some contemporary feminists made them a
counterfoil to male divinity, thereby addressing the continued role
of goddesses in perpetuating gender binaries.
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