Cultural Reflections of Medusa by Jennifer Hedgecock

Cultural Reflections of Medusa by Jennifer Hedgecock

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This project studies the patterns in which the Medusa myth shapes, constructs and transforms new meanings of women today, correlating portrayals in ancient Greek myth, nineteenth century Symbolist painting and new, controversial, visions of women in contemporary art.

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Cultural Reflections of Medusa by Jennifer Hedgecock

This project studies the patterns in which the Medusa myth shapes, constructs and transforms new meanings of women today, correlating portrayals in ancient Greek myth, nineteenth century Symbolist painting and new, controversial, visions of women in contemporary art.

Jennifer Hedgecock is Professor of English at Saddleback College and teaches Shakespeare’s plays, early British literature, and world literature. She has also taught at the University of California, Irvine and Michigan State University. Her publications include The Sexual Threat and Danger of the Femme Fatale in Victorian Literature (2008) and “William Blake and The Road to Hell: Demystifying the Cultural Iconoclasm of the Hells Angels,” in Rethinking Madness: Interdisciplinary and Multicultural Reflections (2019).

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ISBN 13 9781032082950
ISBN 10 103208295X
Title Cultural Reflections of Medusa
Author Jennifer Hedgecock
Series Interdisciplinary Research In Gender
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2021-08-02
Number of pages 188
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.