Helen Morales
Autore di Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction
Sull'Autore
Helen Morales holds the Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Morales is the author of Classical Mythology: A Very Short Introduction and Pilgrimage to Dollywood: A Country Music Road Trip Through Tennessee. She lives with her family in Santa Barbara.
Opere di Helen Morales
Greek Fiction: Callirhoe, Daphnis and Chloe, Letters of Chion (Penguin Classics) (2011) — A cura di — 57 copie
Opere correlate
Fiction on the Fringe: Novelistic Writing in the Post-Classical Age (Mnemosyne, "Supplements") (2009) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Arethusa (vol 49 no 1) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Morales, Helen Louise
- Data di nascita
- 1970-05-01
- Sesso
- female
- Attività lavorative
- professor
- Organizzazioni
- University of Cambridge
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Recensioni
So little has changed in 2,500 years, how?
Anyway, reviewed this for Shelf Awareness, will try to remember to share the link when it goes up.
Recommended for people who want an inclusive feminist examination of Greek mythology and their lasting impact on (primarily Western) humanity
Anyway, reviewed this for Shelf Awareness, will try to remember to share the link when it goes up.
Recommended for people who want an inclusive feminist examination of Greek mythology and their lasting impact on (primarily Western) humanity
Morales takes the gender and sexuality elements of Greek and Roman myths that are usually glossed over (or at least they were in my schools) and shines a spotlight on them. She points out the ways in which Classical mythology has been used to perpetuate mysogyny and white supremacy, and she celebrates the ways that modern artists are reimagining and reclaiming these myths. It's an exciting and inspiring read. I can't wait to share it with my daughter.
Definately have an open mind when reading this book. Quickly goes from Freud to the Great Mother Goddess, and some of the themes can be a bit left field to the unknowing reader. Morales is clearly knowledgeable about the classics, anyone who loves the Greco-Roman myths will learn and pick up cocktail party material. I can't agree with all her points, which seem a bit speculative at points, but she backs them up with copious evidence. Best approached as an insightful essay that is a primer to the "historiography" of myths.… (altro)
Liste
Western Canon (1)
Feminism (1)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 7
- Opere correlate
- 5
- Utenti
- 562
- Popolarità
- #44,484
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 27
- Lingue
- 1
Pilgrimage to Dollywood was one in a series of books published by the University of Chicago Press on literary tourism and pilgrimage. The other that I read was Freud's Couch, reviewed by me somewhere on Goodreads. I am looking forward to the next one in the series and I hope the University of Chicago Press makes it one of their monthly free e-books.… (altro)