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Politics and the street in democratic Athens /
Examines ''informal'' politics, like gossip and political theatrics, and how they related to more ''formal'' politics of assembly and courts.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Approaching the Athenian public sphere; The institutional public sphere; The extra-institutional public sphere; A synthesis; Plan of the book; Chapter 1 A tour of the Agora; A brief history of the Agora; How pure an Agora?; Chapter 2 Athenian social networks; Citizen associations; "Mixed" associations; Socializing in shops; Putting the networks to work: enforcement and the public sphere; Chapter 3 The problem of non-institutional politics.
- Separating the institutional from the extra-institutional The problem of supplication; "Pitiable theatrics": further critics of supplication; Chapter 4 Institutionalizing theatricality in the Assembly; Supplication on the schedule; The sponsors of the suppliants; Chapter 5 Publicity stunts in Athenian politics; A woman named Phye; Ephialtes "naked" at the altar; A mournful Apaturia; The decline of the political stunt; The rise of logography; Chapter 6 Slaves in the Theseion; Slaves on the run; Aphairesis; False citizens; What was going on in the Theseion?; Chapter 7 The Magnesian Street.
- Absent presence in the electionsWomen as "bearers" of the Magnesian public sphere; The guardianship of the Nocturnal Council; Disciplining Magnesian praise and blame; Conclusion; Works cited; Index.