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Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"This essay collection uses female monsters from Greek mythology to explore traits that women are taught to suppress, and encourage readers to embrace them instead"--
The folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In stories chiefly written by men, women who step out of bounds-- angry or greedy or ambitious, overtly sexual or not sexy enough-- are unnatural, monstrous. Through fresh analysis of eleven female...
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