Satanic feminism : Lucifer as the liberator of woman in nineteenth-century culture / Per Faxneld.

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Faxneld, Per [Browse]
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Book
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English
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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x, 566 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    The notion of woman as the Devil's accomplice is prominent throughout Christian history and was used to legitimize the subordination of wives and daughters. In the nineteenth century, rebellious females performed counter-readings of this misogynist tradition and Lucifer was reconceptualized as a feminist liberator. Per Faxneld shows how this surprising Satanic feminism was expressed in a wide range of nineteenth-century texts and artistic productions.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 515-556) and index.
    Contents
    • Acknowledgments
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Woman and the Devil: Some Recurring Motifs
    • 3. Romantic and Socialist Satanism
    • 4. Theosophical Luciferianism and Feminist Celebrations of Eve
    • 5. Satan as the Emancipator of Woman in Gothic Literature
    • 6. Witches as Rebels against Patriarchy
    • 7. Subversive Satanic Women in Decadent Literature and Art
    • 8. Lucifer and the Lesbians: Sapphic Satanism
    • 9. Becoming the Demon Woman: Rebellious Role--Play
    • 10. Mary MacLane's Autobiographic Satanic Feminism
    • 11. Sylvia Townsend Warner's Liberating Devil
    • 12. Conclusions.
    Other title(s)
    • Lucifer as the liberator of woman in nineteenth-century culture
    • Lucifer as the liberator of woman in 19th century culture
    ISBN
    • 9780190664473 ((hardcover))
    • 0190664479 ((hardcover))
    OCLC
    1004670462
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