Anxiety Veiled : Euripides and the Traffic in Women / Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabinowitz, Nancy Sorkin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Womens Studies.

Local Subjects:

Philosophy.

Womens Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What should we make of the prominence of female characters in the plays of Euripides? Not, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz concludes, that he was either a misogynist or a feminist before his time. Tracking the relationship between male anxiety and female desire in his drama, she demonstrates in this rich and incisive book that Euripides' plays support a structure of male dominance while simultaneously inscribing female strength.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Fetishized Victims

1. The Sacrificial Virgins: Iphigenia and Others

2. The Sacrificial Wife: Alcestis

Part II. Vengeful Destroyers

3. The Terrifying Mater Dolorosa: Hekabe

4. Vindictive Wife, Murderous Mother: Medea

5. Sacrificial Son and Vengeful Destroyer: Hippolytos and Phaedra

Part III. Men United

6. Renegotiating the Oedipus: Theseus and Hippolytos

7. Raped or Seduced? and Abandoned: Kreousa, Ion, Xouthos

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-3756-2

OCLC:

1121057883