Darlene M Juschka

Political Bodies/Body Politic

The Semiotics of Gender

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Political Bodies/Body Politic' draws on feminism, gender studies, and queer theory to examine how myth, symbol and ritual express belief systems.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781845532079
• ISBN-10: 1845532074
• Artikelnr.: 23903104

Autorenporträt

Juschka, Darlene M.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Topographical Excursions on Theoretical Paths 1. A Semiotics
of Gender: Prolegomena 2. Feminist Encounters with Myth: Angela Carter 3.
The Agon of Men: Masculinity and Warfare 4. Signifying Demons: Gender and
the Ritualised Performance of Possession and Exorcism 5. Spectacles of
Gender: Performing Masculinities in Ancient Rome and Modern Cinema 6.
Sign-symbol and Icon: Deconstructing the Eliadean Paradigm Conclusion:
Gender Ideology, Systems of Belief and Practice and Epistemology