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Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman
Nicole Loraux
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Description for Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman
paperback. In ordinary life the Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond being a wife and mother. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own fate. Through her reading of these texts, Loraux illuminates Greek attitudes toward death, sexuality and gender. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 163.
In ordinary life an Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond leading a quiet and exemplary existence as wife and mother. Her glory was to have no glory. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own fate. It is a genre that delights in blurring the formal frontier between masculine and feminine. Through the subtlety of her reading of these powerful and ambiguous texts, Nicole Loraux elicits an array of insights into Greek attitudes toward death, sexuality, and gender.
In ordinary life an Athenian woman was allowed no accomplishments beyond leading a quiet and exemplary existence as wife and mother. Her glory was to have no glory. In Greek tragedy, however, women die violently and, through violence, master their own fate. It is a genre that delights in blurring the formal frontier between masculine and feminine. Through the subtlety of her reading of these powerful and ambiguous texts, Nicole Loraux elicits an array of insights into Greek attitudes toward death, sexuality, and gender.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
114
Condition
New
Number of Pages
114
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674902268
SKU
V9780674902268
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About Nicole Loraux
Nicole Loraux was Professor of History and Anthropology of the Greek Polis at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. She was the author of The Divided City, The Children of Athena, The Experiences of Tiresias, and Mothers in Mourning, among other titles.
Reviews for Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman
A vivid demonstration of how women die in Greek tragedy… Exciting and erudite…the graceful scholarship and sound judgment that Loraux demonstrates should nudge the classical tradition toward more writing in this direction.
John Chioles
New York Times Book Review
Remarkable not only for the breadth and precision of its scholarship and the refined subtlety of its interpretations ... Read more
John Chioles
New York Times Book Review
Remarkable not only for the breadth and precision of its scholarship and the refined subtlety of its interpretations ... Read more