Six Myths of Our Time Little Angels, Little Monsters, Beautiful Beasts, and More

Name: Six Myths of Our Time Little Angels, Little Monsters, Beautiful Beasts, and More
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ISBN: 9780679759249

ISBN-10: 0679759247

ISBN-13: 9780679759249

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marina Warner

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Is Jurassic Park a work of covert misogynist propaganda? Does romanticizing childhood lead to abusing children? What secret correspondence links Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to video games and Shakespeare's Caliban to Hannibal Lecter? in what ways do our culture's most hallowed legends inform the current debates over single mothers, the men's movement, and animal rights? In these six dazzlingly intelligent and provocative essays, the distinguished English novelist and critic Marina Warner weaves classical mythology, pop culture, and today's headlines into a potent work of cultural criticism that is both unsettling and entertaining. Ranging from Medeato Thelma and Louise and from myths of…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/31/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.23" wide x 7.96" long x 0.41" tall
Weight: 0.396
Language: English



Foreword



Monstrous Mothers: Women Over the Top



Boys Will Be Boys: The Making of the Male



Little Angels, Little Monsters: Keeping Childhood Innocent



Beautiful Beasts: The Call of the Wild



Cannibal Tales: The Hunger for Conquest



Home: Our Famous Island Race


Background Reading and Sources