LEADER 03947oam 2200649I 450 001 9910154986203321 005 20240505162023.0 010 $a1-351-91609-2 010 $a1-138-26054-1 010 $a1-315-24845-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315248455 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965730 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758458 035 $a(OCoLC)973026412 035 $a(BIP)63369628 035 $a(BIP)30233482 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965730 100 $a20180706e20162011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aMyth and violence in the contemporary female text $enew Cassandras /$fedited by Sanja Bahun-Radunovic and V.G. Julie Rajan 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (229 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aFirst published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing. 311 08$a1-4094-0001-8 311 08$a1-351-91610-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $apt. I. Myth, violence, border-crossing : global expressions of self and society -- pt. II. Of archetypes, creativity, and ethics : inscribing the feminine in mythistory -- pt. III. Instead of an afterword. 330 $aHow various mythologies challenge, enable, and inspire women artists and activists across the globe to communicate personal and historical experiences of violence is the central concern of this collection. Beginning with the observation that twentieth- and twenty-first century female writers and artists often use myth to represent their social and artistic struggles, the distinguished international scholars and writers consider mythic fabulations as spaces for contested meanings and resistant readings. The identified resistance of the mythic material to repression-working, as it were, in opposition to another celebrated drive/role of myth, that of containment-makes the use of myth particularly stimulating for twentieth-century and contemporary female artists; and it is an interest in the aesthetic and political consequences of such resistances that animates this book. Exemplifying the diverse types of engagement with myth and femininity, literary criticism, discussions of film and art, artwork, as well as original creative writing, could all be found within the boundaries of this innovative volume. Femininity, myth, and violence are here explored in contexts such as female mythopoiesis in the early twentieth century; the politics of representation in contemporary writing; revision of old myths; and creation of new myths in multicultural female experiences. Keeping the focus on the actual works of art, the editors and contributors offer scholars and teachers an inclusive way to approach literature and the arts that avoids the limits imposed by genre or national and regional boundaries. 606 $aLiterature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aWomen and literature$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWomen authors$y20th century$xPolitical and social views 606 $aMyth in literature 606 $aViolence in literature 606 $aMyth in motion pictures 606 $aViolence in motion pictures 615 0$aLiterature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aWomen authors$xPolitical and social views. 615 0$aMyth in literature. 615 0$aViolence in literature. 615 0$aMyth in motion pictures. 615 0$aViolence in motion pictures. 676 $a809.915082 701 $aBahun$b Sanja$0849173 701 $aRajan$b V. G. Julie$0868376 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154986203321 996 $aMyth and violence in the contemporary female text$92287451 997 $aUNINA