Centaurs and Amazons: Women and the Pre-History of the Great Chain of Being

by Page duBois

In Centaurs and Amazons, Page duBois offers a prehistory of hierarchy. Using structural anthropology, symbolic analysis, and recent literary theory, she demonstrates a shift in Greek thought from the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472081535
• ISBN13: 9780472081530
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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The woman's position in history is, yet again, reaffirmed by this excelent author! The mythological connections to literary tradition are provoking:)~ The style is readable, the research fascinating, and the entire work is well worth purchasing!