| Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy: Second Printing Revised Edition Contributor(s): Staub, Pat (Editor), Zelenak, Michael X. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820440604 ISBN-13: 9780820440606 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $38.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | Ancient & Classical - Social Science | Gender Studies - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 882.01 |
| LCCN: 98-10448 |
| Lexile Measure: 1310 |
| Series: Artists and Issues in the Theatre |
| Physical Information: 158 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Theatrical tragedy, like all other major civic institutions of the fifth-century B.C. Athenian democratic patriarchy, was exclusively male. The course of western drama changed when women characters (played by transvestite male performers) were introduced. Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy explores themes and issues of gender identity and political ideology in plays by Aeschylus (Suppliant Maidens, Oresteia), Sophocles (Antigone, Philoctetes), and Euripides (Alcestis, Medea, Orestes, Helen, Iphigeneia in Aulis, Bakkhai). This is the first book-length treatment of the themes of gender and politics in ancient Greek tragedy. |