The Ferocious Medusa: The Petrifying, Apotropaic Gaze and Matrixial Vulva of Medusa, alongside Genital Display Figures
This review of ten articles, books, and chapters on the mythic Medusa and genital display figures illustrates Medusa’s petrifying and apotropaic gaze and her engulfing vulva, or eye blazoning her matrixial force, as her severed head demonstrates her abiding pro-creative, indomitable force. Through a...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
2023
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| Στο/Στη: |
Journal of feminist studies in religion
Έτος: 2023, Τόμος: 39, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 49-67 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Medusa
/ Αιδοίο (Μοτίβο)
/ Βλέμμα (μοτίβο) (Μοτίβο)
/ Αποτρόπαιον
/ Τέχνη (μοτίβο)
/ Λογοτεχνία (μοτιβο)
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AD Κοινωνιολογία της θρησκείας, Πολιτική της θρησκείας ΑΕ Ψυχολογία της θρησκείας AG Θρησκευτική ζωή, Υλική θρησκεία BE Ελληνορωμαϊκές θρησκείες |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Βιβλιογραφική έρευνα
B Medusa B Gaze B apotrope B Οπτική παρουσιάση B vulva B fascinate |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Σύνοψη: | This review of ten articles, books, and chapters on the mythic Medusa and genital display figures illustrates Medusa’s petrifying and apotropaic gaze and her engulfing vulva, or eye blazoning her matrixial force, as her severed head demonstrates her abiding pro-creative, indomitable force. Through a history of women held under scrutiny while feared by patriarchy, with men projecting their own fear of castration onto them, the Medusa figure emerges as stunningly uncastrated, asserting her force and returning her stony gaze in the reflexive action pivotal to this myth. Objectified under the male gaze, her vulva faces the viewer, her inspirational force born through the birth of Pegasus even as she is crushed in rape and death. The mythic Medusa and vulva display women persistently retain their hold on the male unconscious in rising above castigation, asserting their amazing procreative force over life and death, enabled through Medusa's stunning tale and transfixing gaze. |
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| ISSN: | 1553-3913 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Journal of feminist studies in religion
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