Representations of Endymion and Selene: Dominance, Objectification, and Necrophilia in the Transformations of an Ancient Myth - Couverture rigide

Corradino, Anna Chiara

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1350468576 ISBN 13 : 9781350468573

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025

Synopsis

A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms. Analyzing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, Anna Chiara 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 five core sections focusing on the archaeology of the myth in 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Anna Chiara Corradino is a Research Fellow at the Tor Vergata University of Rome, Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1350468576
• ISBN 13: 9781350468573
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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