The Problem of Woman as Hero in the Work of Joseph Campbell

Feminist Theology 19 (2):182-193 (2011)
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Through the frame of the Sumerian myth of Inanna, this essay explores Joseph Campbell’s body of work on the hero’s journey and living mythology. Particular focus is placed on examining both the place of woman as hero and the symbol of woman for the hero in Campbell’s work. This essay suggests that Campbell’s theories present both possibilities and problems from the perspective of feminist analysis for the representation of woman as hero.

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The Sumerians. Their History, Culture, and Character.W. H. Ph Römer, S. N. Kramer & W. H. Ph Romer - 1967 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 87 (4):637.

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