The
experiences of Tiresias
: the feminine and the Greek man
Loraux, Nicole
creator
text
xx
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monographic
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viii, 348p.; bibliog.; glossary; index
'...explores the ambivalence in how the Greek male defines himself in relationship to the feminine. In these essays, Loraux disturbes the idea of virile men and feminine women, a distinction found in official discourse and aimed at protecting the ideals of male identity from any taint of the feminine. Turning to epic and to Socrates, however, she insists on a logic of an inclusiveness between the genders....'
Introduction - The feminine operator. Part 1 - Women, men, and affliction. 1 Bed and war. 2 Ponos: some difficulties regarding the term for "labor". Part 2 - The weaknesses of strength. 3 The Spartans' "beautiful death". 4 The warrior's fear and trembling. 5 The wounds of virility. 6 The strangled body. 7 Herakles: the supermale and the feminine. Part 3 - Socrates is a man (philosophical interlude). 8 Therefore, Socrates is immortal. 9 Socrates, Plato, Herakles: a heroic paradigm of the philosopher. Part 4 - What woman?. 10 And the mothers' case dismissed. 11 The phantom of sexuality. 12 What Tiresias saw. Conclusion - Feminine nature in history
Transl. by Paula Wissing.
Greece
Civilization
History
Sex role
Femininity
Masculinity (Psychology)
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