Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece - Their Morphology, Religious Role and Social Functions (Paperback)

In this groundbreaking work, Claude Calame argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry are more than literary texts; rather, they functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, Calame reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs, demonstrating their function in an aesthetic education that permitted the young girls to achieve the stature of womanhood and to be integrated into the adult civic community. This first English edition includes an updated bibliography.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Release date:	December 1996
First published:	February 1997
Authors:	Claude Calame • Janice Orion • Derek Collins
Dimensions:	228 x 146 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-0-8226-3063-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Early music (up to c 1000 CE) Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Early music (up to c 1000 CE)
LSN:	0-8226-3063-X
Barcode:	9780822630630

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