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The sacred and the feminine : imagination and sexual difference / edited by Griselda Pollock and Victoria Turvey Sauron.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New encounters (London, England)Publication details: London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris ; New York, NY : In the United States and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.Description: xv, 310 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781845115210 (pbk.)
  • 184511521X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 704.042 POL
Contents:
Sacred cows: wandering in feminism, psychoanalysis and anthropology / Griselda Pollock -- The priestess of Athena grows a beard: latent citizenship in ancient Greek women\'s ritual practice / Barbara Goff -- The sacred, the feminine and French feminist theory / Daphne Hampson -- The feminine, the sacred and the shared: the ecumenical space of the Sufi Dargah / Ananya Jahanara Kabir -- The sacred and the feminine: an African response to Clément and Kristeva / Molara Ogundipe -- The becoming-woman of the East/West conflict: the western sacralization of life and the feminine politics of death / Maria Margaroni -- Enunciating the Christian Dieue and Obscuring the other: a Québec perspective / Denise Couture -- Sringara Rasa: the feminist call of the spiritual/erotic impulse in Indian art / Ranjana Thapalyal -- Stabat Mater--a nameless place: film, the feminine and the sacred / Nina Danino -- Kathleen Raine: poetry and myth as constructions of the sacred and the secret / Céline Boyer -- Paula Rego\'s (her)ethincal visions / Maria Aline Seabra Ferreira -- From Leda to Daphne: sacrifice and virginity in the work of Ana Mendieta / Anne Creissels -- Inside-out: sculpting sacred space in Bernini and Bourgeois / Victoria Turvey Sauron -- The word made flesh: re-embodying the Madonna and child in Helen Chadwick\'s One Flesh / Leila McKellar -- Something to show for it? Notes on creativity and termination in the work of Tracey Emin / Vanessa Corby.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The notion of a special intimacy between 'the feminine and the sacred' has received significant attention since the publication of Julia Kristeva and Catherine Clement's famous ecumenical "Conversation" of the same name which focused on the relationship between meaning and the body at whose interface the feminine is positioned. Brought to the wider public as the 'sacred feminine', it has also made its mark on popular culture. Taking up the debate and moving beyond anthropology or theology, writers from varied ethnic, geo-cultural and religious perspectives here join with secular cultural analysts to explore the sacred and the feminine in art, architecture, literature, art history, music, philosophy, theology, critical theory and cultural studies. The book addresses key issues in feminist questions of creativity, the imaginary and the sacred as 'otherness', exploring the ways in which visual practices have explored this rich, contested and highly charged territory.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-285) and index.

Sacred cows: wandering in feminism, psychoanalysis and anthropology / Griselda Pollock -- The priestess of Athena grows a beard: latent citizenship in ancient Greek women\'s ritual practice / Barbara Goff -- The sacred, the feminine and French feminist theory / Daphne Hampson -- The feminine, the sacred and the shared: the ecumenical space of the Sufi Dargah / Ananya Jahanara Kabir -- The sacred and the feminine: an African response to Clément and Kristeva / Molara Ogundipe -- The becoming-woman of the East/West conflict: the western sacralization of life and the feminine politics of death / Maria Margaroni -- Enunciating the Christian Dieue and Obscuring the other: a Québec perspective / Denise Couture -- Sringara Rasa: the feminist call of the spiritual/erotic impulse in Indian art / Ranjana Thapalyal -- Stabat Mater--a nameless place: film, the feminine and the sacred / Nina Danino -- Kathleen Raine: poetry and myth as constructions of the sacred and the secret / Céline Boyer -- Paula Rego\'s (her)ethincal visions / Maria Aline Seabra Ferreira -- From Leda to Daphne: sacrifice and virginity in the work of Ana Mendieta / Anne Creissels -- Inside-out: sculpting sacred space in Bernini and Bourgeois / Victoria Turvey Sauron -- The word made flesh: re-embodying the Madonna and child in Helen Chadwick\'s One Flesh / Leila McKellar -- Something to show for it? Notes on creativity and termination in the work of Tracey Emin / Vanessa Corby.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of Illustrations (p. vii)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xi)
  • Series Preface-New Encounters (p. xiii)
  • Editors' Introduction (p. 1)
  • Part I
  • 1 Sacred Cows: Wandering in Feminism, Psychoanalysis and Anthropology (p. 9)
  • 2 The Priestess of Athena Grows a Beard: Latent Citizenship in Ancient Greek Women's Ritual Practice (p. 49)
  • 3 The Sacred, the Feminine and French Feminist Theory (p. 61)
  • 4 The Feminine, the Sacred and the Shared: The Ecumenical Space of the Sufi Dargah (p. 75)
  • 5 The Sacred and the Feminine: An African Response to Clement and Kristeva (p. 88)
  • 6 The Becoming-Woman of the East/West Conflict: The Western Sacralization of Life and the Feminine Politics of Death (p. 111)
  • 7 Enunciating the Christian Dieue and Obscuring the Other: A Quebec Perspective (p. 125)
  • 8 Sringara Rasa: The Feminist Call of the Spiritual/Erotic Impulse in Indian Art (p. 135)
  • Part II
  • 9 Stabat Mater-A Nameless Place: Film, the Feminine and the Sacred (p. 150)
  • 10 Kathleen Raine: Poetry and Myth as Constructions of the Sacred and the Secret (p. 158)
  • 11 Paula Rego's (Her)ethical Visions (p. 166)
  • 12 From Leda to Daphne: Sacrifice and Virginity in the work of Ana Mendieta (p. 178)
  • 13 Inside-out: Sculpting Sacred Space in Bernini and Bourgeois (p. 189)
  • 14 The Word Made Flesh: Re-embodying the Madonna and Child in Helen Chadwick's One Flesh (p. 202)
  • 15 Something to Show for It? Notes on Creativity and Termination in the Work of Tracey Emin (p. 213)
  • Notes (p. 231)
  • Select Bibliography (p. 271)
  • Contributors (p. 287)
  • Index (p. 293)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Griselda Pollock is Professor of Social and Critical Histories of Art, University of Leeds, and Director of the AHRB CentreCATH project. Her numerous books include 'Mary Cassatt', 'Vision and Difference: Femininity, Feminism, and Histories of Art' and, as co-editor, 'Encountering Eva Hesse'. Victoria Turvey-Sauron is an art historian based at CentreCATH, University of Leeds.

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