عنوان

Acting like men :

(Number (ISBN

0472106252

(Number (ISBN

9780472106257

Number

b412824

Title Proper

Acting like men :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

gender, drama, and nostalgia in ancient Greece /

First Statement of Responsibility

Karen Bassi

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

viii, 283 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-265) and indexes

Text of Note

""Greek drama demands a story of origins," writes Karen Bassi in Acting Like Men. Abandoning the search for ritual and autochthonous origins of Greek drama, Bassi argues for a more secular and less formalist approach to the emergence of theatrical production in ancient Greece. Taking a broad view of drama as a cultural phenomenon, Bassi looks at theatrical performance as part of what Foucault has called a discursive formation." "Bassi's discussion of such theaterlike practices and experiences encompasses a wide variety of texts and artifacts including epic poetry, historical narrative, philosophical treatises, visual media, and the dramatic texts themselves, and she proposes new conceptual categories for understanding Greek drama as a cultural institution." "The book ends with a revisionist look at Dionysus as the tyrannical god of the theater in Euripides' Bacchae and Aristophanes' Frogs."--Jacket

Title

Acting like men.

Drama-- Psychological aspects

Gender identity-- Greece

Gender identity in literature

Greek drama-- History and criticism

Literature and society-- Greece

Masculinity-- Greece

Masculinity in literature

Men-- Greece

Men in literature

Nostalgia-- Greece

Nostalgia in literature

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Edition

Class number

Book number

Bassi, Karen

Date of Transaction

20160712064403.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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