Mothers in Mourning

Mothers in Mourning
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Publisher : Cornell University Press
Total Pages : 204
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ISBN-10 : 0801482429
ISBN-13 : 9780801482427
Rating : 4/5 (427 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Mothers in Mourning by : Nicole Loraux

Download or read book Mothers in Mourning written by Nicole Loraux and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nicole Loraux brilliantly elucidates how Athenian politics were 'gendered' in the Classical period. She investigates the Athenian state's interdiction of ritualized mourning by women . . . (and) . . . illuminates . . . the institutional suppression of women as a political and social force in the most flourishing period of Athenian history".--Laura M. Slatkin, University of Chicago.


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