Plotting a misogynistic path to Christian Dior's Poison

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The name and advertising imagery of Christian Dior's perfume, Poison can be historically traced to the misogynistic image of the poisonous woman. Folklore throughout history has offered legends of passive women fed poisons until they become toxic vessels who kill the men attracted to them. Indian legends, 18th century Western literature, as well as 20th century comic books have all offered stories of women whose very bodies are poison. The modern use of the imagery may indicate a continued need to suppress women and see them as dangerous in an era of growing female empowerment.

Advertising, Poisons, Literature, Perfumes, Misogyny, Christian Dior Perfumes Inc.

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Gender, race, and semicolonialism: Liu Na'ou's urban Shanghai landscape

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Liu Na'ou's stories about urban Shanghai are not grounded in any particular ideology, unlike that of Franz Fanon's or Praha Chatterjee's. His portrayal of the modern Asian woman does not condemn her for her Westernization as evinced by her autonomous agency, financial freedom and intellectual individuality. His stance does not uphold patriarchal values that persist in male-led liberation movements, but instead upholds her as a desirable product of modern, materialist times.

Political aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, 20th century AD, Gender identity, Chinese literature, Liu Na'ou

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No conceivable hope: the symbolic function of Medusa, Clio and the "Fee" in Gunter Kunert's work

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Female figures are initially objects of desire and partners in sexual encounters but over the years women are depicted as figures from mythology such as the Medusa, Clio and the "Fee" that reveal a grotesque and forbidding dimension. Gunter Kunert's work pays attention to portrayal of women and describes the symbolic figures of women.

Evaluation, Criticism and interpretation, Criticism, Literary criticism, Literary techniques, Authors, German, German writers, Kunert, Guenter

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