![]() By turns witty and inspiring, Antigone Rising offers a much-needed, fascinating new lens on the stories we take for granted. In a chapter called " Beyonce, Goddess ," Morales shows how Beyonce deliberately challenges the images of "traditional," and traditionally white, goddesses to bring images from African mythology into the canon. In a chapter called " #MeToo, or as Daphne Might Say, #EgoQuoque ," Morales reminds us of the myth of Procne and Philomela, two sisters who refused to be silenced by assault and worked together to take down a powerful man. Through short, pointed chapters, acclaimed classicist Helen Morales grapples with this legacy and charts a path forward. For each story of misogynist violence, there's another that tells of solidarity and empowerment. Classicist Helen Morales goes through a selection of myth (starting and ending with Antigone) to think about modern parallels and reimaginings and where myths or elements of them might be reclaimed or reused to look at modern issues around feminism, race, and. ![]() The idealized picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school conveniently glosses over the most brutal parts of the history - and omits surprising stories of feminist resistance. Antigone Rising is a look at how Greek and Roman myths can influence radical and rebellious thought and narratives in the modern day. A reckoning with the misogyny that the myths and stories of antiquity have bequeathed to us, and a celebration of subversive, feminist efforts to combat it. ![]()
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