|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies
|
Not currently available
Women Who Fly - Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R768
Discovery Miles 7 680
|
|
|
Women Who Fly - Goddesses, Witches, Mystics, and other Airborne Females (Hardcover)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
From the asparas of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European
fairy tales, tales of flying women-some with wings, others with
clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, or flying horses-reveal both
fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality.
In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of flying women
as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods,
expressed in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and
artistic productions. She covers a wide range of themes, including
supernatural women, like the Valkyries, who transport men to
immortality; winged goddesses like Iris and the Greek goddess Nike;
figures of terror like the Furies, witches, and succubi; the
relationship of marriage and freedom; the connections between
women, death, and rebirth; dreams about flying and shamanistic
journeys; airborne Christian mystics; and wayward women like Lilith
and Morgan le Fay. Young also looks at the mythology surrounding
real-life female aviators like Amelia Earhart and Hanna Reitsch.
Throughout these examples of flying women, Young demonstrates that
female power has been inextricably linked with female sexuality and
that the desire to control it was and continues to be a pervasive
theme in these stories. The relationship between sex and power is
most vividly portrayed in the 12th-century Niebelungenlied, in
which the proud warrior-queen Brunnhilde loses her great physical
strength when she is tricked into losing her virginity. But even in
the 20th century the same idea is reflected in the exploits of the
comic book character Wonder Woman, who, posits Young, retains her
physical strength only because her love for fellow aviator Steve
Trevor goes unrequited. The first book to systematically chronicle
the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, and art, Women
Who Fly sheds new light on the ways in which women have both
influenced and been understood by society and religious traditions
around the world.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(2)
