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Title: Eternally Bad: Goddesses With Attitude by Trina Robbins, Rachel Pollack ISBN: 0-7858-1565-1 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $8.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Goddesses behaving badly
Comment: This book is a refreshing antidote to the rather soppily sentimental view of all goddesses as kind, nurturing mother figures. Here you will find stories of goddesses being cruel, vengeful, lustful, greedy and cunning, and enjoying themselves thoroughly. Trina Robbins tells their stories in a brisk, breezy style, and the book is delightfully illustrated. Great fun.
Rating: 2
Summary: Nice try.
Comment: The concept of this book alone deserved a star. Trina Robbins has here taken stories and mythes of notoriously bad and evil goddes a retold them all in this book.
When I read the brief on this book I was thrilled-- as would anyone else be if they enjoyed femminest literature, mythology and folklore like I am.
However, when I read this book I became deeply dissapointed. This book seemed as though it was written for adults with the reading leval of an eleven or twelve year old. Trina Robbins had mythological beings like Izanami, a Japanesse goddess saying in quotes things like,
"Wow, you are so hot! Let's have sex."
She also told of a Northwest Indian goddess yelling,
"What, are you nuts?"
at her husband.
As I got deeper into this book it was clear to me that Trina Robbins writting abilaty was virtually nonexistant.
I do think if someone with the literary craft had adapted these insted of Ms. Robbins then I most likely would have enjoyed it more.
I guess thats just what I get for setting my standards so high.
I did, however, enjoy the stories she chose to adapt, and they were organized very well. Diveded in the tabel of contents into sections, ie, evil twins, thieves, worriers and murderes to name a few.
I also liked the fact that the mythes from which she choose the goddesses from were very diverse backgrounds. With goddesses whose cultures ranged from Summerian, to Greek, to Native American, to Hindu and much much more.
2 1/2 stars.
Rating: 5
Summary: Delightful!
Comment: Wonderful collection of the old Goddess mythological stories told in a (like totally) modern way. Very uplifting and fun to read.
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Title: From Girls to Grrlz : A History of Women's Comics from Teens to Zines by Trina Robbins ISBN: 0811821994 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Go Girl! by Trina Robbins, Anne Timmons ISBN: 1569717982 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Kiss My Tiara : How to Rule the World as a SmartMouth Goddess by Susan Jane Gilman ISBN: 0446675776 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Dancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness by Marion Woodman, Elinor Dickson ISBN: 1570623139 Publisher: Shambhala Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Descent to the Goddess (Studies in Jungian Psychology) by Perera ISBN: 0919123058 Publisher: Inner City Books Pub. Date: 01 April, 1981 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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