"Examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions ... Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories"--Jack et flap.
"Examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions ... Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories"--Jack et flap.
Serinity Young is a research associate in the Department of Anthropology at New York's American Museum of Natural History. She is also Adjunct Assistant Professor of Classical, Middle Eastern, and Asian Languages and Cultures at Queens College.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * Chapter 1 Earth, Sky and Supernatural Women * PART I Supernatural Women * Chapter 2 Winged Goddesses of Sexuality, Death and Immortality * Chapter 3 The Fall of the Valkyries * Chapter 4 Swan Maidens: Captivity and Sexuality * Chapter 5 Angels and Fairies: Male Flight and Contrary Females * Chapter 6 Apsaras: Enabling Male Immortality Part 1 * Chapter 7 Yoginis and Dakinis: Enabling Male Immortality Part 2 * PART II Human Women * Chapter 8 Witches and Succubi: Male Sexual Fantasies * Chapter 9 Women Shamans: Fluctuations in Female Spiritual Power * Chapter 10 Flying Mystics Part I West * Chapter 11 Flying Mystics, or the Exceptional Woman Part II East * Chapter 12 The Aviatrix: Nationalism, Women and Heroism * Conclusion * The Exceptional Woman * Women and War
* Introduction * Chapter 1 Earth, Sky and Supernatural Women * PART I Supernatural Women * Chapter 2 Winged Goddesses of Sexuality, Death and Immortality * Chapter 3 The Fall of the Valkyries * Chapter 4 Swan Maidens: Captivity and Sexuality * Chapter 5 Angels and Fairies: Male Flight and Contrary Females * Chapter 6 Apsaras: Enabling Male Immortality Part 1 * Chapter 7 Yoginis and Dakinis: Enabling Male Immortality Part 2 * PART II Human Women * Chapter 8 Witches and Succubi: Male Sexual Fantasies * Chapter 9 Women Shamans: Fluctuations in Female Spiritual Power * Chapter 10 Flying Mystics Part I West * Chapter 11 Flying Mystics, or the Exceptional Woman Part II East * Chapter 12 The Aviatrix: Nationalism, Women and Heroism * Conclusion * The Exceptional Woman * Women and War
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