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This book explores the figure of Antigone and her many reconceptualizations from antiquity to the present. One of the most popular heroines of classical literature, Antigone defied political authority to carry out the forbidden burial of her brother. Readers will become familiar with the key themes of Antigone's story, such as the law and politics, gender and death, tracing their survival and transformations over time. Notably, the book explores the thorough depoliticization of the heroine in philosophy and psychoanalysis, followed by a reversal and repoliticization through feminist and sociopolitical theories. It provides a useful tool to approach postmodern receptions of Antigone in the arts and society in the modern era, particularly in the contexts of occupied and civil war-era Greece, in Palestine and in Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon. It also addresses issues of Antigone-like struggles of individuals or collectivities to overcome obstacles of systemic and racialized violence and gender-based oppression in the 21st century, while challenging heteronormative practices and policies to allow new subjectivities to emerge. Though Antigone's story is complex, Karakantza provides an accessible, fascinating overview of this enduring figure's legacy and impact over the course of history. Antigone provides a comprehensive study of this classical heroine, suitable for students and scholars of classical literature, reception studies and gender studies. It also appeals to theatre practitioners interested in adapting and staging Sophocles' Antigone, or any Antigone of the ancient sources.
Why Antigone? -- Introducing Antigone -- Key themes -- Sophocles' Antigone as a 'bad' woman -- The divine vs human laws controversy -- Gendered and anti-gendered Antigone -- The politics of lamentation -- Death and posthumanism in Sophocles' Antigone -- Antigone in Rome -- Antigone afterwards -- De-politicizing Antigone: Hegel, Lacan, and beyond -- Re-politicizing Antigone -- From the Middle Ages to the mid-20th century -- War: Antigones in WWII, Nazi Occupation, and Civil-War Greece -- Dispossession: Palestinian Antigone -- Equality: Antigones of many subjectivities in the 21st century.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-221) and indexes.