Gender and politics in Greek tragedy
by Michael X. Zelenak
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"Theatrical tragedy, like all other major civic institutions of the fifth-century B.C. Athenian democratic patriarchy, was exclusively male. The course of western drama changed when women characters (played by transvestite male performers) were introduced.
Gender and Politics in Greek Tragedy explores themes and issues of gender identity and political ideology in plays by Aeschylus (Suppliant Maidens, Oresteia), Sophocles (Antigone, Philoctetes), and Euripides (Alcestis, Medea, Orestes, Helen, Iphigeneia in Aulis, Bakkhai). This is the first book-length treatment of the themes of gender and politics in ancient Greek tragedy."--BOOK JACKET.
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Gender identity in literature, Greek Political plays, Greek drama (Tragedy), History and criticism, Literature and society, Mythology, Greek, in literature, Political plays, Greek, Politics and literature, Sex role in literature, Women and literature, Politics in literature, Greek drama, history and criticism, Sex in literaturePlaces
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-149) and index.
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