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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963120303321

Autore

Young Katherine K. <1944->

Titolo

Sanctifying misandry : goddess ideology and the fall of man / / Katherine K. Young and Paul Nathanson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612867279

9780773585447

0773585443

9781282867277

128286727X

9780773576834

0773576835

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (422 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NathansonPaul <1947->

Disciplina

202/.114

Soggetti

Goddess religion

Misandry

Sex role - Religious aspects

Sin, Original

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue, the fall of man -- Introduction, pop goes the goddess -- From goddesses to witches (and back) : rewriting the Bible. Paradise lost : a golden age for women ; The fall of man : a dark age for women ; Paradise regained : a new golden age for women -- From reform to revolution : restoring the goddess. The green goddess : feminism for a therapeutic age ; History, herstory, or heresy : sophianity and the new reformation ; A hag for all seasons : the ultimate revolution ; Gynotopia : goddess ideology and misandry -- Epilogue : beyond the fall of man.

Sommario/riassunto

How some feminists have used religion to turn the "Fall of Man" into the fall of men.