Women of substance in Homeric epic : objects, gender, agency /
Women in Greek epic are treated as objects, yet they also use objects to negotiate their own agency. This volume shines new light on the 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey,' combining gender theory and new materialisms to decenter the male subject and put center stage not only the woman as obj...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Summary: | Women in Greek epic are treated as objects, yet they also use objects to negotiate their own agency. This volume shines new light on the 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey,' combining gender theory and new materialisms to decenter the male subject and put center stage not only the woman as object but also the agency of women and objects. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 316 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-297) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198826303 9780198826309 |