Sexual Personae : Art And Decadence From Nefert... [720p]

: A critical look available via the American Psychological Association (APA), examining how her "personae" serve as vehicles for art's assault against nature.

: A review from the McGill University ARC Journal that describes reading the book as an "adventurous roller-coaster" and a necessary counterpoint to standard feminist ideology. Historical Reviews Sexual personae : art and decadence from Nefert...

Camille Paglia’s seminal 1990 work, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson , argues that Western culture is defined by a persistent struggle between two opposing forces: the (male, rational, orderly) and the Dionysian (female, chaotic, chthonic nature) . Paglia posits that civilization is an artificial "swerve" away from the overwhelming power of nature, which she describes as indifferent and "red in tooth and claw". : A critical look available via the American