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Intimate Commerce : Exchange, Gender, and Subjectivity in Greek Tragedy
Intimate Commerce Exchange Gender and Subjectivity in Greek Tragedy
Author: Victoria Wohl
Exchanges of women between men occur regularly in Greek tragedy—and almost always with catastrophic results. Instead of cementing bonds between men, such exchanges rend them. They allow women, who should be silent objects, to become monstrous subjects, while men often end up as lifeless corpses. But why do the tragedies always represent the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780292791138
ISBN-10: 0292791135
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 332
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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