Representations of Endymion and Selene
Dominance, Objectification, and Necrophilia in the Transformations of an Ancient Myth
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2025
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-46857-3 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
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A focused study of an ancient myth and its reception, which provokes new consideration of how myth in general can challenge social norms.
Analysing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, 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 three core sections focusing on the archaeology of 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.
Analysing the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, 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 three core sections focusing on the archaeology of 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.
Anna Chiara Corradino is teaching assistant for Hermenutics and Rhetoric at the University of Pisa, Italy.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Ancient Transformations of Endymion
2. The Ancient Transformations of Selene
3. Selene and Endymion in the Early Modern: From Sleeping Bodies to Corpses
4. Development of a Perversion: Endymion, Selene and Necrophilia
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.3.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts |
| Zusatzinfo | 30 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-46857-6 / 1350468576 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-46857-3 / 9781350468573 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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