Elinor Gadon

Elinor W. Gadon
Born(1925-09-17)September 17, 1925
DiedMay 8, 2018(2018-05-08) (aged 92)
AwardsWomen's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan, B.A. English, 1947; University of Massachusetts, Amherst M.A. History of Art, 1974; University of Chicago, Ph.D. Committee on the History of Culture, 1984
Academic work
Main interestsCultural history, Art history, Gender studies

Elinor W. Gadon (September 17, 1925 – May 8, 2018) was an American cultural historian,[1] Indologist,[2] art historian and author notable for her examination of women in myth and culture in history.[3]

  1. ^ Beverly Beyette (June 30, 1999). "Wise Women Speak Up on Being Successful, Savvy and 70 Years Old". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 1, 2014. ...Scholar Elinor Gadon, a cultural historian with an interest in women's spirituality...
    - "Cultural historian Elinor Gadon". MSN TV listings. November 14, 1999. Retrieved August 1, 2014. [permanent dead link]
  2. ^ Jenett, Dianne (July 4, 2012). "Pongala Ritual at Attukal Temple in Kerala, India". Anthropology in China. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2014. ...Elinor Gadon, an Indologist and my academic advisor, is well versed and well traveled in India
    - Susan Visvanathan (April 17, 2005). "Tradition and modernity". The Hindu. Retrieved August 1, 2014. Elinor Gadon, the author of that excellent collation of art materials and texts called The Once and Future Goddess, was speaking at the launch of the project....
  3. ^ "Elinor W. Gadon: The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol of Our Time (book review)". Environmental Ethics. 13 (3). Max Oelschlaeger: 275–280. Fall 1991. doi:10.5840/enviroethics19911339. Retrieved July 12, 2014.
    - Mari P. Ziolkowski (2010). Fierce Shakti, Fierce Love. Lulu.com. p. 63. ISBN 9780557888016. Retrieved July 12, 2014. As patriarchal forces overturned the goddess cultures, female power became dangerous, even evil...
    - Jane Caputi (1993). Gossips, Gorgons and Crones: The Fates of the Earth. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. p. 337. ISBN 9781879181052. Retrieved July 12, 2014. Hindu Shaktu tradition, art historian Elinor Gadon informs us....
    - "Ph.D.'s Awarded 1979 – 2010". University of Chicago. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014. An Inconographical Analysis of the Early Krsnabhakti in Gujurat Balagopalastuti, Winter 1984
    - Gary Pacernick (2001). Meaning & Memory: Interviews with Fourteen Jewish Poets. Ohio State University Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780814208793. Retrieved July 12, 2014. ..Elinor Gadon calls 'the renewed experience of God the mother'....
    - Laurence Coupe (1997). Myth. Routledge. p. 175. ISBN 9781134107773. Retrieved July 12, 2014. Thus, Elinor W. Gadon views the myth of Theseus and the minotaur as a story justifying the destruction of Minoan matriarchy and goddess worship...
    - Victoria Pynchon (January 9, 2012). "Femininity, Feminism and the Either/Or Woman: Part 2". Forbes. Retrieved July 12, 2014. ...Elinor Gadon's spectacular treatise The Once and Future Goddess ... synthesizes archeological and anthropological research ... to track the evolution of the feminine identity over the last 12,000 years...
    - Valerie Hadden (book reviewer), The Examiner, June 27, 2009. Retrieved July 12, 2014. "The book mixes facts, quotes and stories, and the opinions of the author. The facts are interesting but tend toward dry. Obviously, Ms. Gadon has made a huge effort to get every historical reference scrupulously correct."