Feminist Mythology

Chiara Bottici is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Gender and Sexualities Studies Institute at The New School in New York, USA.

• Preface: A Myth And A Half, By Jean-Michel RabatéIntroduction: A Book Of Myths, By Chiara BotticiPart I. Two Myths And A HalfFirst myth: Sherazade And Her PhantomSecond myth: The Dress Of AriadneThird myth: Europa Recovered EpilogueIntermissionPart II. The City Of Women1. Overture2. The Vest3. Rehab4. The Oven Of Opposites5. A Witch And Her Broomstick6. A Bill7. The Names8. The Call, Or Occasional Tourism 9. Maximum Ten (With Addendum)10. The Lifebelt11. The ThreatEpilogueIntermissionPart III. BestiariumPrologue1. The Ostrich2. The Butterfly3. The Dog4. The Snake5. The HerringEpilogueIntermissionPart IV. HerbariumPrologue The investorInterlude The inspectorInterlude The dancing godGrand Finale

A fascinating investigation of the feminine as myth or mythmaking process. By brilliantly exploring, recombining and embroidering different variants of the “womanhood” mythologem, Chiara Bottici’s book succeeds in confronting traditional frames of interpretations in order to provide an “imaginal philosophy” and an “imaginal feminism” constructed as speculative spaces where something new can happen.