Reading the Text
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14971507 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Judith Dale (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 152-162 |
| Publication date | 1999-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | NWSA Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-0656 • E-ISSN: 1527-1889 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2979/nws.1999.11.2.152 |
| OpenAlex | W1996662980 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
Through a broadly deconstructive feminist analysis, this essay focuses on the echoes and rewritings of Christian, classical, legendary and popular icons of heroes, and the hegemonic practice of hero-worship, in various literary forms both ancient and modern. The roles of religion and fairy-tale in the construction of the feminine are considered, along with recent attitudinal shifts concerning the crown in British public life, and the significance of Princess Diana in the articulation of these. There is fuller consideration of the dimensions of savior and scapegoat in the christological role which the Diana phenomenon might be thought to gesture toward, and the implications of that for feminist analysis
Linguistics · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |