| Women and Humor in Classical Greece Contributor(s): O'Higgins, Laurie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521037905 ISBN-13: 9780521037907 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Laurie O'Higgins examines the role of women as producers of joking speech, especially within cults of Demeter. She considers the speech from its mythical origins in the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, through the reactive iambic tradition and into old comedy. Sometimes known as aischrologia, this speech had considerable weight and vitality within its cultic context. It also influenced literary traditions, notably iambic and Attic old comedy traditionally regarded as entirely male. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Greece - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 887.010 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
