Title Gender and communication in Euripides' plays : between song and silence / by J.H. Kim On Chong-Gossard

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 263 pages) Series Mnemosyne supplements, 0169-8958 ; volume 296 Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 296. Contents Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction: Gendered Space in Greek Tragedy; as Communication; Chapter Two: Song as Knowledge: Recognition Duets; Chapter Three: Why Am I Singing? Resistance and Other Semantics of Lyric; Chapter Four: Silence I: Gendered Categories; Chapter Five: Silence II: Solidarity and Complicity; Chapter Six: Women Out of Place; Chapter Seven: Conclusions; Bibliography; Index Locorum; Index Nominum et Rerum Summary In Greek tragedy, women constantly struggle to control language. This book shows how aspects of women's communication-song, silence and secret-keeping as female verbal genres, and the challenges of speaking out of place-constitute a decisive factor in Euripides' portrayal of gender Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject 880-01 Euripides. SUBJECT 880-01/(S Ευριπίδης, π. 480-406 π.Χ -- Χαρακτήρες -- Γυναίκες Subject Euripides -- Characters -- Women SUBJECT Euripides fast Euripides ca. 485/480 v. Chr.-406 v.Chr. gnd Euripides, approximately 480-406 f.Kr -- litterära gestalter. sao Euripides. swd Subject Women in literature. Greek drama (Tragedy) DRAMA -- Ancient, Classical & Medieval. Greek drama (Tragedy) Women in literature Frau Motiv Frau Sprache Tragödie Litteratur -- Grekland -- antiken. Kvinnorollen. Könsroller. Kvinnor i litteraturen. Form Electronic book ISBN 9789047442769 9047442768

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