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Proposant des perspectives innovantes et interdisciplinaires, treize études analysent ici les transformations artistiques et historiques dont ont bénéficié quelques figures mythiques, d’origine grecque, biblique ou africaine, dont le corps devient visible grâce à la subversion de l’imaginaire patriarcal. Innovative and interdisciplinary in their scope, thirteen essays deal with artistic and historical transformations that affected a number of mythical characters – Greek, Biblical and African, whose bodies are made visible thanks to the subversion of the patriarchal imaginary.

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"The book succeeds at making visible the feminine presence in myths and its importance in the collective conscious. The authors of these essays analyze and compare works and theories from female and male authors from multiple disciplines with the aim of explaining the feminine myth. […] It is a book that unveils traditional myths providing updated studies from a feminist perspective that every scholar should read, not only those interested in myth criticism and comparative literature, but also those who are eager to learn about myths projected in philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature , art and cinema." - Maya Zalbidea Paniagua, Amaltea 14, 2022. “This ambitious and entirely women-authored volume pulls together critical readings of classical mythology and contemporary rewritings of myth and combines them with readings of other texts connected to mythology and gender studies. Though the thirteen chapters and the introduction are written in French, the volume takes an overall transnational and comparative approach. […] The volume intends to participate in the long tradition of studying mythology and to innovate and develop the discipline through the question of feminine visibility and the female body. Overall, the volume is successful, and it will interest scholars working on mythology, gender studies, contemporary literature, and cultural studies. Though challenging for a reader not already familiar with mythology, it is accessible and instructive. The methodology set forth in the volume may particularly interest scholars hoping to address lesser known myths or those hoping to connect mythology to texts without an overt connection.” - Mallory Nischan, Women in French Studies, vol. 30, 2022.

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Notes sur les contributrices Introduction: La résurgence des mythes au féminin  Brigitte Le Juez et Metka Zupančič partie 1: Reflets de la stupéfiante Méduse (La) Méduse : comment le corps d’un mythe est-il appréhendé ?  Metka Zupančič Duras, Méduse et l’inquiétante féminité  Christa Stevens Le voile de Diane : corps dévoilé, érotisme voilé  Irène Kristeva Sous le prisme de Méduse : la part du mythe dans la construction d’un personnage syncrétique jouvien  Dorothée Catoen-Cooche partie 2: Métamorphoses d’Orphée et retour d’Eurydice Reconstituer le corps d’Eurydice : le mythe d’Orphée chez Monique Wittig  Gina Stamm Le récit apocalyptique à l’aune de la Shoah : du paradigme au mythe  Nathalie Ségeral Afrique-Eurydice : « Orphée noir » ou le mythe senghorien  Kamila Ouhibi Aitsiselmi partie 3: (Re)construction du corps, de mère en fille Le corps maternel et les contes mythiques chez Scholastique Mukasonga  Cheryl Toman Donner corps à la condition féminine. Récrire la sexualité dans le mythe de Phèdre  Salomé Paul Faim d’individualité : une poétique anorexique du mythe de Perséphone  Sophie Emilia Seidler partie 4: Présentation du féminin dans le mythe Mains ouvertes et yeux fermés : le mythe de l’amour préhistorique face à la cécité moderne dans Les Mains négatives de Marguerite Duras  Brigitte Le Juez Mythes de cohésion et mythes de liberté dans l’œuvre de Gioconda Belli et Montserrat Roig  Yaosca Bautista Présence / absence du féminin chez Lévinas  Anne-Laure Bucher Index

Le mythe au féminin et l’(in)visibilisation du corps

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      Publisher: Brill
      Publication Date: 16/09/2021
      ISBN13: 9789004470217, 978-9004470217
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      Book Synopsis
      Proposant des perspectives innovantes et interdisciplinaires, treize études analysent ici les transformations artistiques et historiques dont ont bénéficié quelques figures mythiques, d’origine grecque, biblique ou africaine, dont le corps devient visible grâce à la subversion de l’imaginaire patriarcal. Innovative and interdisciplinary in their scope, thirteen essays deal with artistic and historical transformations that affected a number of mythical characters – Greek, Biblical and African, whose bodies are made visible thanks to the subversion of the patriarchal imaginary.

      Trade Review
      "The book succeeds at making visible the feminine presence in myths and its importance in the collective conscious. The authors of these essays analyze and compare works and theories from female and male authors from multiple disciplines with the aim of explaining the feminine myth. […] It is a book that unveils traditional myths providing updated studies from a feminist perspective that every scholar should read, not only those interested in myth criticism and comparative literature, but also those who are eager to learn about myths projected in philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature , art and cinema." - Maya Zalbidea Paniagua, Amaltea 14, 2022. “This ambitious and entirely women-authored volume pulls together critical readings of classical mythology and contemporary rewritings of myth and combines them with readings of other texts connected to mythology and gender studies. Though the thirteen chapters and the introduction are written in French, the volume takes an overall transnational and comparative approach. […] The volume intends to participate in the long tradition of studying mythology and to innovate and develop the discipline through the question of feminine visibility and the female body. Overall, the volume is successful, and it will interest scholars working on mythology, gender studies, contemporary literature, and cultural studies. Though challenging for a reader not already familiar with mythology, it is accessible and instructive. The methodology set forth in the volume may particularly interest scholars hoping to address lesser known myths or those hoping to connect mythology to texts without an overt connection.” - Mallory Nischan, Women in French Studies, vol. 30, 2022.

      Table of Contents
      Notes sur les contributrices Introduction: La résurgence des mythes au féminin  Brigitte Le Juez et Metka Zupančič partie 1: Reflets de la stupéfiante Méduse (La) Méduse : comment le corps d’un mythe est-il appréhendé ?  Metka Zupančič Duras, Méduse et l’inquiétante féminité  Christa Stevens Le voile de Diane : corps dévoilé, érotisme voilé  Irène Kristeva Sous le prisme de Méduse : la part du mythe dans la construction d’un personnage syncrétique jouvien  Dorothée Catoen-Cooche partie 2: Métamorphoses d’Orphée et retour d’Eurydice Reconstituer le corps d’Eurydice : le mythe d’Orphée chez Monique Wittig  Gina Stamm Le récit apocalyptique à l’aune de la Shoah : du paradigme au mythe  Nathalie Ségeral Afrique-Eurydice : « Orphée noir » ou le mythe senghorien  Kamila Ouhibi Aitsiselmi partie 3: (Re)construction du corps, de mère en fille Le corps maternel et les contes mythiques chez Scholastique Mukasonga  Cheryl Toman Donner corps à la condition féminine. Récrire la sexualité dans le mythe de Phèdre  Salomé Paul Faim d’individualité : une poétique anorexique du mythe de Perséphone  Sophie Emilia Seidler partie 4: Présentation du féminin dans le mythe Mains ouvertes et yeux fermés : le mythe de l’amour préhistorique face à la cécité moderne dans Les Mains négatives de Marguerite Duras  Brigitte Le Juez Mythes de cohésion et mythes de liberté dans l’œuvre de Gioconda Belli et Montserrat Roig  Yaosca Bautista Présence / absence du féminin chez Lévinas  Anne-Laure Bucher Index

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