Performance and Gender in Ancient Greece

Performance and Gender in Ancient Greece
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 0691036179
ISBN-13 : 9780691036175
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Book Synopsis Performance and Gender in Ancient Greece by : Eva Stehle

Download or read book Performance and Gender in Ancient Greece written by Eva Stehle and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After considering the audience and the function of different modes of performance - community, bardic, and participation in closed groups - Stehle explores this poetry as gendered speech, which interacts with performers' bodily presence to create social identities for the speakers. Texts for female choral performers reveal how women in public spoke in order to disavow the power of their speech and their sexual power.


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