Intimate Commerce
Exchange, Gender, and Subjectivity in Greek Tragedy
Published on 1. January 1997
Book
Hardback
332 pages
978-0-292-79113-8 (ISBN)
Description
Wohl offers an illuminating analysis of the exchange of women in Sophocles' "Trachiniae", Aeschylus' "Agamemnon", and Euripides' "Alcestis". She asserts that while the tragedies present an affirmation of Athens' reigning ideologies (including its gender hierarchy), they also offer the possibility of resistance to them.
Reviews / Votes
"An important new work from the perspective of gender (rather than exclusively feminist) theory, this volume should appeal to professors and graduate students in the classics."- ChoiceMore details
Edition
UNIV OF TEXAS PR ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Austin, TX
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-292-79113-8 (9780292791138)
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