Managing Monsters
In early 1994 Marina Warner delivered the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC. In a series of six lectures, she takes areas of contemporary concern and relates them to stories from mythology and fairy tale which continue to grip the modern imagination.She analyses the fury about single mothers and the anxiety about masculinity in the light of ideals about male heroism and control; the current despair about children and the loss of childhood innocence; the changing attitude of myths about wild men and beasts and the undertow of racism which is expressed in myths about savages and cannibals. The last lecture, on home, brings the themes toget…
Mehr
CHF 10.00
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4090-2870-3
- EAN: 9781409028703
- Produktnummer: 14335932
- Verlag: Vintage Digital
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 128 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 194 KB
Über den Autor
Marina Warner
82 weitere Werke von Marina Warner:
Bewertungen
Anmelden