: A review from the McGill University ARC Journal that describes reading the book as an "adventurous roller-coaster" and a necessary counterpoint to standard feminist ideology. Historical Reviews
Camille Paglia’s seminal 1990 work, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson , argues that Western culture is defined by a persistent struggle between two opposing forces: the (male, rational, orderly) and the Dionysian (female, chaotic, chthonic nature) . Paglia posits that civilization is an artificial "swerve" away from the overwhelming power of nature, which she describes as indifferent and "red in tooth and claw". Sexual personae : art and decadence from Nefert...
: This Manhattan Institute article analyzes her central theory that males lead the rebellion against nature while female desire is the instrument through which nature attempts to "smother humanity in formlessness". : A review from the McGill University ARC
: An original 1990 review from The New York Times that discusses Paglia's "scorched-earth attack" on liberalism and feminism. : This Manhattan Institute article analyzes her central
: A City Journal piece that traces Paglia's intellectual evolution from her student days to her status as a media iconoclast. Specialized Analysis: Nefertiti and Androgyny
: This academic article specifically uses Paglia's theories to analyze the famous bust of Nefertiti. It explores how the sculpture’s "sensuous androgyny" and "sexual ambivalence" contribute to its enduring celebrity.
: A critical look available via the American Psychological Association (APA), examining how her "personae" serve as vehicles for art's assault against nature.