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Mothers in mourning ; with the essay, Of amnesty and its opposite / Nicole Loraux ; translated from the French by Corinne Pache.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Loraux, Nicole.
- Series:
- Myth and poetics
- Standardized Title:
- Mères en deuil. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Mothers--Psychology.
- Mothers.
- Bereavement--Psychological aspects.
- Bereavement.
- Mothers in literature.
- Bereavement in literature.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 120 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- "Nicole Loraux brilliantly elucidates how Athenian politics were 'gendered' in the Classical period. She investigates the Athenian state's interdiction of ritualized mourning by women . . . (and) . . . illuminates . . . the institutional suppression of women as a political and social force in the most flourishing period of Athenian history".--Laura M. Slatkin, University of Chicago.
- Notes:
- "The final essay, 'Of amnesty and its opposite,' was originally published as 'De l'amnistie et de son contraire' in Usages de l'oubli. Editions du Seuil, 1988"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0801430909
- 0801482429
- OCLC:
- 37475092
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