Anna Chiara Corradino: Representations of Endymion and Selene
Representations of Endymion and Selene
Buch
- Dominance, Objectification and Necrophilia in the Transformations of an Ancient Myth
- Herausgeber: Filippo Carlà-Uhink, Martin Lindner
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- Bloomsbury Academic, 03/2025
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781350468573
- Bestellnummer: 11915008
- Umfang: 256 Seiten
- Gewicht: 454 g
- Maße: 234 x 156 mm
- Stärke: 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 6.3.2025
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Klappentext
A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms.Analysing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, Corradino argues that this myth becomes a valuable tool for understanding the cultural problematization and censorship of female sexuality, as well as the marginalization of alternative forms of male sexuality. The myth's key themes, of dominant femininity, reified masculinity and female necrophilia, are shaped through the centuries from the core story of Selene, the goddess of the Moon, falling in love with a mortal shepherd, Endymion, and granting him eternal sleep so she can kiss him every night.
In three core sections focusing on the archaeology of the ancient world, the art of the Renaissance to Baroque periods, and modern art and film, Corradino traces the way the relationship between the two 'lovers' embodies the taboo topic of the eroticization of the sleeping and / or dead male body and the suppressed desire of female domination and dominance. This research breaks new ground by displaying how these marginal desires have always challenged normativity and have had a profound impact on and through multiple receptions.