Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction Topographical Excursions on Theoretical Paths -- Chapter One A Semiotics of Gender Prolegomena -- Chapter Two Feminist Encounters with Myth Engaging Angela Carter -- Chapter Three The Agon of Men Masculinity and Warfare -- Chapter Four Signifying Demons Gender and the Ritualised Performance of Possession and Exorcism -- Chapter Five Spectacles of Gender Performing Masculinities in Ancient Rome and Modern Cinema -- Chapter Six Sign-symbol and Icon Deconstructing the Eliadean Paradigm -- Conclusion Gender Ideology, Systems of Belief and Practice, and Epistemology -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Author Index.