{"product_id":"women-in-power-classical-myths-and-stories-from-the-amazons-to-cleopatra-edited-by-stephanie-mccarter","title":"Women In Power: Classical Myths And Stories, From The Amazons To Cleopatra [Edited By Stephanie McCarter]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eRecommended by Mary Beard as one of the BBC History Magazine's Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to Cleopatra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is no other anthology that brings together similar stories of ancient women in power. These women threaten male power by stepping into the roles traditionally held by men. They command armies, exercise sexual autonomy and even dominance, speak in public, issue laws, and subject others (even masculine heroes and citizen men) to their control. All of these stories were written by men, and none of them can be read as affirmations or celebrations of women in power. They are instead misogynistic tales that aim to shore up masculine authority by exposing the consequences when women rather than men wield it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sexist attitudes voiced in these stories continue to justify women’s exclusion from power in our contemporary world. Yet despite the fear and suspicion the male authors direct toward these women, we can find much to admire in their tales, from the coordinated action of the women of Aristophanes’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAssemblywomen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, to Dido’s questioning of the male value system that leads Aeneas to abandon her, to the righteous anger of Boudicca against sexual violence by men in power, to the successful resistance of Amanirenas against Rome’s colonial expansion. Read differently, these tales testify to the long history of women in power and help us forge new paths for female empowerment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin Classics, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSept. 10, 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e352 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN-13 ‏ : ‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e978-0143136361\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Prairie Sky General Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46049583268074,"sku":"Random","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/6387\/9980\/files\/91RCc-4BfJL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779732837","url":"https:\/\/prairieskygeneralstore.com\/products\/women-in-power-classical-myths-and-stories-from-the-amazons-to-cleopatra-edited-by-stephanie-mccarter","provider":"Prairie Sky General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}