Satanic feminism : Lucifer as the liberator of woman in nineteenth-century culture /

The notion of woman as the Devil's accomplice is prominent throughout Christian history and was used to legitimize the subordination of wives and daughters. In the nineteenth century, rebellious females performed counter-readings of this misogynist tradition and Lucifer was reconceptualized as...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Faxneld, Per (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Colección:Oxford studies in Western esotericism.
Temas:
1800-1899
Feminism > Religious aspects.
Women > Social conditions > 19th century.
Satanism.
Satanism in literature.
Devil.
Féminisme > Aspect religieux.
Femmes > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Satanisme.
Satanisme dans la littérature.
Démon.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Reference.
Women > Social conditions.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Woman and the Devil: Some Recurring Motifs
  • 3. Romantic and Socialist Satanism
  • 4. Theosophical Luciferianism and Feminist Celebrations of Eve
  • 5. Satan as the Emancipator of Woman in Gothic Literature
  • 6. Witches as Rebels against Patriarchy
  • 7. Subversive Satanic Women in Decadent Literature and Art
  • 8. Lucifer and the Lesbians: Sapphic Satanism
  • 9. Becoming the Demon Woman: Rebellious Role-​Play
  • 10. Mary MacLane's Autobiographic Satanic Feminism
  • 11. Sylvia Townsend Warner's Liberating Devil
  • 12. Conclusions.

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