Dangerous Voices : Women's Laments and Greek Literature
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0415072492
ISBN-13
9780415072496
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 29th, 1992
Print length
238 Pages
Weight
406 grams
Dimensions
14.00 x 22.40 x 2.10 cms
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Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the Greek lament, especially women's mourning of the dead, in Antiquity as well as in modern times.
In Dangerous Voices Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the ancient lament, especially women''s mourning of the dead, and sets out to discover why legislation was introduced to curb these laments in antiquity. An investigation of laments ranging from New Guinea to Greece suggests that this essentially female art form gave women considerable power over the rituals of death. The threat they posed to the Greek state caused them to be appropriated by male writers including the tragedians. Holst-Warhaft argues that the loss of the traditional lament in Greece and other countries not only deprives women of their traditional control over the rituals of death but leaves all mourners impoverished.
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