Goddess Complex: [un]Empowering Portrayals of Powerful Women and Goddesses On Film and In Fiction

In her new book, The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture, Georgia College Literature and Women and Gender Studies Professor Mary Magoulick peels back the layers of majesty and mystique surrounding powerful women and goddesses presented on the page and on screen.

On this edition of Georgia College Connections, Mary Magoulick joins host Daniel McDonald to discuss how a new wave of powerful female protagonists differs from, and stays true to, the portrayals that have come before.

The Goddess Myth in Contemporary Literature and Popular Culture is out now from University Press of Mississippi. You can learn more at https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/T/The-Goddess-Myth-in-Contemporary-Literature-and-Popular-Culture