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The historical enigma of the snake woman from antiquity to the 21st century / by Angela Giallongo ; translated by Anna C. Forster.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 281 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781527512139
  • 1527512134
Uniform titles:
  • Donna serpente. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Historical enigma of the snake woman from antiquity to the 21st century.DDC classification:
  • 398.21 23
LOC classification:
  • BL820.M38 G53 2017eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One; The Gorgons and the gorgoneia; Venerable monsters; A taste of the Classical Medusa myths; A stroll with the bogey-woman-no walk in the; Metamorphoses; "My Name Is Red"; The Juice of Life; Hypatia's Curse; "Two eyes hurt you but three eyes heal"; Our Ladies of Serpents; Among the living Goddesses ... ; ... and the Goddesses of Terror were born; Medusa the Magistra; The "Empire of Man"; In the world of Telemachus; On the stage of infamy; A 'Wonder' Gorgon; Chapter Two; Mirrors on the past; From repellent to powerless
Identifying the OtherStereotypes; The Hybrids; The iconography of "mournful thoughts"; Fear Itself; Monster-women on film; Chapter Three; In the chaos of the night; "With a terror similar to ... "; "Medusa, come ...!"; The snake as the emblem of Otherness; Women & snakes; "And do you not know that you are each an Eve?"; Unclean; The Poison-Damsel; Visual teachings; Lessons at Court; L'Atelier des femmes; Hildegard of Bingen; Trotula de Ruggiero; Christine de Pizan; "A great beauty"; Chapter Four; Infinite Varieties; Headhunters; Cold, serpentine art; A vital spark; Conclusion; Select Bibliography
Summary: This book provides an exploration of the historical conditions that gradually defined subordinating symbols and conflictual values in social relations between the sexes. It reveals how snakes and the gelid eyes of Medusa--the archetypical snake-woman--have reverberated across the visual arts and written sources throughout the ages in association with negative emotions: fear, anger, scorn and shame. The outcomes and implications of the disturbing correlation between the dangerous female gaze, the malignitas of the snake and the lethal power of menstruation that have been woven through the fabric.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1848389

Translated from the Italian: La donna serpente : storie di un enigma dall'antichità al XXI secolo. Bari, Italia : Dedalo, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-274) and index.

Print version record.

Intro; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter One; The Gorgons and the gorgoneia; Venerable monsters; A taste of the Classical Medusa myths; A stroll with the bogey-woman-no walk in the; Metamorphoses; "My Name Is Red"; The Juice of Life; Hypatia's Curse; "Two eyes hurt you but three eyes heal"; Our Ladies of Serpents; Among the living Goddesses ... ; ... and the Goddesses of Terror were born; Medusa the Magistra; The "Empire of Man"; In the world of Telemachus; On the stage of infamy; A 'Wonder' Gorgon; Chapter Two; Mirrors on the past; From repellent to powerless

Identifying the OtherStereotypes; The Hybrids; The iconography of "mournful thoughts"; Fear Itself; Monster-women on film; Chapter Three; In the chaos of the night; "With a terror similar to ... "; "Medusa, come ...!"; The snake as the emblem of Otherness; Women & snakes; "And do you not know that you are each an Eve?"; Unclean; The Poison-Damsel; Visual teachings; Lessons at Court; L'Atelier des femmes; Hildegard of Bingen; Trotula de Ruggiero; Christine de Pizan; "A great beauty"; Chapter Four; Infinite Varieties; Headhunters; Cold, serpentine art; A vital spark; Conclusion; Select Bibliography

This book provides an exploration of the historical conditions that gradually defined subordinating symbols and conflictual values in social relations between the sexes. It reveals how snakes and the gelid eyes of Medusa--the archetypical snake-woman--have reverberated across the visual arts and written sources throughout the ages in association with negative emotions: fear, anger, scorn and shame. The outcomes and implications of the disturbing correlation between the dangerous female gaze, the malignitas of the snake and the lethal power of menstruation that have been woven through the fabric.

In English; translated from the Italian.