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Women and Humor in Classical Greece
O'Higgins, Laurie (Bates College, Maine)
Women and Humor in Classical Greece
O'Higgins, Laurie (Bates College, Maine)
This examines the role of women as producers of joking speech, especially within cults of Demeter. This speech, sometimes known as aischrologia, had considerable weight and vitality within its cultic context. It also shaped literary traditions, notably iambic and Attic old comedy that has traditionally been regarded as entirely male.
280 pages, 5 b/w illus.
Mídia | Livros Hardcover Book (Livro com lombada e capa dura) |
Lançado | 9 de outubro de 2003 |
ISBN13 | 9780521822534 |
Editoras | Cambridge University Press |
Páginas | 282 |
Dimensões | 152 × 229 × 19 mm · 594 g |
Idioma | English |
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