La rebelión de la mujer biónica. A propósito de Pigmalión
Abstract
By analyzing the passage on Pygmalion in Ovid’s Metamorphosis, this article will identify various recurring motifs that we would later re-encounter in other artistic manifestations: the woman emerging from the waters, the ideal woman as man’s creation, the relationship between artist and model or of woman as a talisman that protects the man and that he does not want to get rid of, ideas very widespread in literature, art, and film that feed the current misogyny of masculine fantasies, deeply rooted in the imaginary where the perfect woman must be virtuous and lascivious at the same time. Man places woman on an altar, positioning her out of his reach. Woman as goddess is a reassuring image, which protects man against the real woman, able to rebel against his domination.
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