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Gender and communication in Euripides' plays : between song and silence /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chong-Gossard, J. H. Kim On (James Harvey Kim On), 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Colección:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 296.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 263 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and indexes.
ISBN:9789047442769
9047442768
ISSN:0169-8958 ;