Women and other monsters : building a new mythology

Summary: "This essay collection uses female monsters from Greek mythology to explore traits that women are taught to suppress, and encourage readers to embrace them instead"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780807054932
ISBN: 0807054933
Physical Description: print
x, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: Sister monsters -- How to turn a man to stone -- Voracious -- Dogs below the waist -- Singing for bread -- The snatchers -- That's what you think -- Social justice warriors -- Deep houses -- Shark, snake, swarm -- Come back twice as hard -- Epilogue: Mother of monsters.