Athena to Barbie : bodies, archetypes, and women's search for self /

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"Athena to Barbie explores the vexed nature of being a woman. It maps the four corners of impossible choice a female faces because of the female body--her body as spiritual space (Mary), as political space (Athena), as erotic space (Venus), and as materialist space (Barbie). The book tracks the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wright, J. Lenore, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Identity.
Body image > Religious aspects.
Uterus > Religious aspects.
Femmes > Conditions sociales.
Femmes > Identité.
Image du corps > Aspect religieux.
Utérus > Aspect religieux.
Women > Identity
Uterus > Religious aspects
Women > Social conditions
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Delivering Mary : womb as sacred space
  • Conquering Athena : womb as political space
  • Subduing Venus : womb as erotic space
  • Playing Barbie : womb as material space.

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