Born of the earth : myth and politics in Athens /

Born of the earth : myth and politics in Athens /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Loraux, Nicole.
Uniform title:Né de la terre. English
Imprint:Ithaca [N.Y.] : Cornell University Press, 2000.
Description:ix, 175 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Myth and poetics
Subject:
Citizenship -- Greece -- Athens.
Sex role -- Greece -- Athens.
Women -- Greece -- Athens.
Citizenship.
Sex role.
Women.
Greece -- Athens.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4299814
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Other authors / contributors:Stewart, Selina.
ISBN:080143419X (hardcover)
080148443X (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-166) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Gregory Nagy
  • 1. At Last, Born Mortal
  • 2. The Benefits of Autochthony
  • 3. The Politics of Myth in Athens
  • 4. An Arcadian in Athens
  • 5. Glory of the Same, Prestige of the Other
  • 6. Inquiry into the Historical Construction of a Murder
  • 7. Why Greek Mothers Supposedly Imitate the Earth
  • 8. From Plato to Bachofen and Beyond
  • 9. Ancient Motifs, Modern Constructions: Earth, Woman
  • 10. The Return of the Excluded
  • 11. Democracy Put to the Test of the Stranger (Athens, Paris).

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