Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / Serinity Young.
Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / Serinity Young.
Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / Serinity Young.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
G 2018/5206
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiii, 358 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Earth, sky, women, and immortality -- Winged goddesses of sexuality, death, and immortality -- The fall of the Valkyries -- Swan maidens: captivity and sexuality -- Angels and fairies: male flight and contrary females -- Apsarās: enabling male immortality, part 1 -- Yoginīs and ḍākinīs: enablin...
Publication information
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2018]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"From the beautiful apsaras of Hindu myth to the swan maidens of European fairy tales, stories of flying women-some carried by wings, others by clouds, rainbows, floating scarves, and flying horses-reveal the perennial fascination with and ambivalence about female power and sexuality. In Women Who Fly, Serinity Young examines the motif of the flyin...
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Women who fly : goddesses, witches, mystics, and other airborne females / Serinity Young.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2018/5206
Record Identifier
74VKV8647ljA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV8647ljA
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ISBN
0195307887 (hardcover)
9780195307887 (hardcover)
DDC
200.82
MMS ID
991024187518202626
