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

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:	August 2001
First published:	June 2001
Authors:	Claude Calame
Translators:	Derek Collins • Janice Orion
Dimensions:	226 x 150 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	304
Edition:	New and Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-7425-1525-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-7425-1525-7
Barcode:	9780742515253

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