Author | : Jane Caputi |
File Size | : 43,7 Mb |
Publisher | : Popular Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 28 March 2024 |
ISBN | : 0299196240 |
Pages | : 484 pages |
Goddesses and Monsters by Jane Caputi Book PDF Summary
The essays focus upon popular culture as it is informed by ancient and current mythic images, narratives, personalities, icons and archetypes. Topics include: the cult status of the serial sex killer; sexual murder as a contemporary form of religious sacrifice; pornography as an everyday narrative underlying not only sexism, but also racism, homophobia, and militarism; the relation of incest to nuclearism; pornography and the sacred; cyborg myth; and subtextual presence of ancient goddess figures in contemporary narratives, including that of Princess Diana.