Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and indexes.
Contents:
A semiotics of gender: prolegomena -- Feminist encounters with myth: Angela Carter -- The agon of men: masculinity and warfare -- Signifying demons: gender and the ritualised performance of possession and exorcism -- Spectacles of gender: performing masculinities in ancient Rome and modern cinema -- Sign-symbol and icon: deconstructing the Eliadean paradigm.
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