Ovid's myth of Pygmalion on screen : in pursuit of the perfect woman
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- Ovid's myth of Pygmalion on screen : in pursuit of the perfect woman
- Jaar:
- 2011
- Onderwerp:
- Iconografie: Mythologie, religie, legenden, antieke, literatuur
Theorie van de kunst. kunstfilosofie. psychologie van de kunst. sociologie van de kunst, theorie van de kunstgeschiedenis - Taal:
- Engels
- Uitgever:
- London : Continuum, 2011
- Plaatsnummer:
- 7.046 JAME 2011 (Kunstenbibliotheek)
- ISBN:
- 144118466X
- Paginering:
- x, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Reeks:
- Continuum studies in classical reception
- Samenvatting:
- 1. Preface - Why Pygmalion?## 2. Introduction - Ovid's Pygmalion Myth and its cultural contexts## 3. My Fair Lady: the make-over movie from Shaw's Pygmalion to Miss Congeniality## 4. Bringing the Gods down to Earth - supernatural statues on film## 5. Lesser mortals, lesser movies and the mannequin factor## 6. Bathos and Pathos - perfect girlfriends who fail to please## 7. Producing Pandoras - screen robots and 'virtual' women as unpredictable partners## 8. Role reversals: Female empowerment and Haraway's 'cyborg manifesto'## 9. Crossing boundaries: returning Pygmalion to the pedestal?## 10. Where do we go from here? Thinking with Myth and Myth-making in the future
- Nota:
- boek
- Permalink:
- https://cageweb.be/catalog/kub01:000521919
