Motherless Daughters and Female Monsters Androcentric Fantasy in Ancient Greek Myth and Freudian Theory /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Elbert Decker, Jessica (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:	XV, 221 p. text
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024.
Edition:	1st ed. 2024.
Subjects:	Philosophy, Ancient. Feminism. Feminist theory. Psychoanalysis. Comparative literature. Ancient Philosophy / Classical Philosophy. Feminism and Feminist Theory. Comparative Literature.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-78066-0
Format:	Electronic Book

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: Athena Wins the Olympian Throne
Chapter 2. Origin Stories: War is the Heart of Androcentric Fantasy
Chapter 3. Hail Hera, Mother of Monsters! Monstrosity as Emblem of Female Sexual Sovereignty
Chapter 4. The Medusa Complex: Silence the Name of the Mother
Chapter 5. Aphrodite of the Spangled Mind: Eros and the Death Instincts
Chapter 6. Don’t Call Me Baby: The Athena Complex and Feminine Masochism
Chapter 7. Lesbian Eros in Three Movements: Sappho, Gretl, and Dora
Chapter 8. Ariadne’s Thread is Umbilical: Woven Together, Growing Untamed.

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