November 01, 2004
The Broken Mirror: A Freudian Slip into a Hellenistic Victorian Gynoculture
"Arthur Rackham’s illustrations for Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens present a microcosmic reflection of an idealized Victorian society. The Hellenistic portrayal of Peter reflects the desire of the English Empire’s imperialist boy’s club to manifest itself as a mirror of Greek male culture and escape the dehumanizing industrial revolution.
... Rackham’s illustrations for Peter Pan, sheds light on a society longing for a Hellenistic homosocial culture by reflecting gynosocial images of the women happily haunting the confines of the home."
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by Doré Ripley, ©2004 via: gus
~There are many different ways to look at images.
Posted by Cieciel at November 1, 2004 01:45 AM