Voices at work : women, performance, and labor in ancient Greece /

Main Author: Karanika, Andromache, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: 1 Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • Women, labor and performance in Homer
  • Gender, genre and women's work in The Odyssey
  • Work and performance in captivity
  • Fragments of songs-moments at work
  • Finding work songs, dances, and ritual acts
  • From lullabies to children's songs: some diachronic perspectives in domestic work and the work theme
  • No more weaving: the poetics of interruption
  • Harvesting song tradition