Tragic ways of killing a woman
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Tragic ways of killing a woman
Harvard University Press, 1991, c1987
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Façons tragiques de tuer une femme
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First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 1991
Includes index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
Preface Introduction 1. The Rope and the Sword 2. The Pure Blood of Virgins 3. Regions of the Body Notes Cast of Characters Index
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