From Lilith to Lulu. “Feminine evil” in culture and the arts

The main idea of this essay is that it is possible to trace in the long run a symbolic continuity –phonetic in principle– between Lilith, Lola and Lulu, fictional nocturnal women, seductive and conducive to the ruin of man, as in Lilith, the first subverted woman. To sustain it, the proposal is to s...

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Autor principal: Nusenovich, Marcelo
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Editorial de la Facultad de Artes 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/avances/article/view/38096
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Sumario:The main idea of this essay is that it is possible to trace in the long run a symbolic continuity –phonetic in principle– between Lilith, Lola and Lulu, fictional nocturnal women, seductive and conducive to the ruin of man, as in Lilith, the first subverted woman. To sustain it, the proposal is to show throughout time and in different arts the presence of the European archetype, as well as the motivations that encouraged its construction, which reached its peak at the end of the 19th century with the femme fatale. To sustain it, the proposal is to show throughout time and in different arts the presence of the European archetype, as well as the motivations that animated its construction, which obtained its boom in the late nineteenth century with the femme fatale. The search ends in Córdoba, where it was transferred, like other symbols of European culture.