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 analysis of eleven female monsters, including Medusa, the Harpies, the Furies, and the Sphinx, Zimmerman takes us on a feminist journey through mythology. She guides readers to reexamine their relationships with traits like hunger, anger, ugliness, and ambition, teaching readers to embrace a new image of the female hero. Monsters get to be complete, unrestrained, and larger than life.
Record details
ISBN:0807054933
ISBN:9780807054932
Physical Description:x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm print
Publisher:Boston, MA : Beacon Press, [2021]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210).
Formatted Contents Note:
Sister monster -- How to turn a man to stone -- Voracious -- Dogs below the waist -- Singing for bread -- The snatchers -- That's what you think -- Social justice warriors -- Deep houses -- Shark, snake, swarm -- Come back twice as hard -- Mother of monsters.
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