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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in Western esotericism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 a feminist liberator. Per Faxneld shows how this surprising Satanic feminism was expressed in a wide range of nineteenth-century texts and artistic productions. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 566 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190664480 0190664487 9780190664503 0190664509 9780190664497 0190664495 |