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Antike
Author_Michael X. Zelenak
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Drama
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Gender
Greek
latin
Literaturwissenschaft
Michael
Politics
Printing
Second
Staub
theater
Theaterwissenschaft
Tragedy
Zelenak
Product details
- ISBN 9780820440606
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 160 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 24 Feb 2005
- Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
The Author: Michael X. Zelenak received his Ph.D. from Yale University. He is currently Associate Professor of Drama at Florida State University's School of Theatre and Director of the graduate academic programs.
