The Ferocious Medusa: The Petrifying, Apotropaic Gaze and Matrixial Vulva of Medusa, alongside Genital Display Figures
This review of ten articles, books, and chapters on the mythic Medusa and genital display figures illustrates Medusa’s petrifying and apotropaic gaze and her engulfing vulva, or eye blazoning her matrixial force, as her severed head demonstrates her abiding pro-creative, indomitable force. Through a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Indiana University Press
2023
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Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-67 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Medusa
/ Vulva (Motif)
/ Gaze (Motif)
/ Apotropaic object
/ Art
/ Literature
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions |
| Further subjects: | B
Medusa
B Gaze B apotrope B vulva B Display B fascinate B Literature report |
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