Antigone's Ghosts
Author | : Mark Wolfgram |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2019 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781684480050 |
ISBN-13 | : 1684480051 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Download or read book Antigone's Ghosts written by Mark Wolfgram and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sophocles' play Antigone is a starting point for understanding the problems of human societies, families, and individuals caught up in the aftermath of mass violence. Through comparison of Germany, Japan, Spain, Yugoslavia and Turkey, we begin to appreciate the different pathways that societies have taken when confronting their violent histories.