LEADER 05047nam 22006611c 450 001 9910462990403321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a1-4725-3965-6 010 $a1-4725-2123-4 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472539656 035 $a(CKB)2670000000430228 035 $a(EBL)1394877 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001153305 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11659445 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001153305 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11152421 035 $a(PQKB)11601051 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1394877 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1394877 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10771817 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL603452 035 $a(OCoLC)893336317 035 $a(OCoLC)892340329 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255199 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000430228 100 $a20140929d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBecoming female $ethe male body in Greek tragedy $fKatrina Cawthorn 210 1$aLondon $cBloomsbury $d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (199 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7156-3712-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index 327 $aIntroduction : imagining the classical body -- The suffering body : logos and soma -- The female body and the dissonance of suffering -- The precarious male body -- Heracles' body : becoming female -- Coda: tragedy's engendered dissolutions. 330 $a"'Becoming Female', the first book-length examination of the body in classical Athenian tragedy, reconsiders the figure of the male tragic hero, making use of both feminist and body theory. The male hero becomes female in the space of tragedy through the experience of suffering, and seems unable to return to any secure expression of masculinity. Katrina Cawthorn concentrates initially on the figure of Heracles in Sophocles' "The Women of Trachis", an exemplary specimen of the tragic process of becoming female, who exhibits many of the central issues considered in the book. The male hero is, in the course of the play, undone and feminised, while the instability of masculine identity is revealed.This theme of becoming female, and the resulting failure to circumscribe the feminine and return to any secure and triumphant concept of masculinity, is argued to be a discernible feature of the genre of tragedy. The inconclusive and disconcerting nature of tragic endings contribute to the dislocation of the tragic male and emphasise the Dionysian disturbance of the male hero.Moreover, this state of the dissolute male hero has textual and theatrical consequences, extending to affect the audience so that it too becomes feminised by the processes of tragedy."Becoming Female" is an important work for scholars and students of Classical Studies, Ancient History, Drama and Theatre Studies, Women's Studies and Cultural Studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 330 8 $a"Becoming Female", the first book-length examination of the body in classical Athenian tragedy, reconsiders the figure of the male tragic hero, making use of both feminist and body theory. The male hero becomes female in the space of tragedy through the experience of suffering, and seems unable to return to any secure expression of masculinity. Katrina Cawthorn concentrates initially on the figure of Heracles in Sophocles' "The Women of Trachis", an exemplary specimen of the tragic process of becoming female, who exhibits many of the central issues considered in the book. The male hero is, in the course of the play, undone and feminised, while the instability of masculine identity is revealed.This theme of becoming female, and the resulting failure to circumscribe the feminine and return to any secure and triumphant concept of masculinity, is argued to be a discernible feature of the genre of tragedy. The inconclusive and disconcerting nature of tragic endings contribute to the dislocation of the tragic male and emphasise the Dionysian disturbance of the male hero.Moreover, this state of the dissolute male hero has textual and theatrical consequences, extending to affect the audience so that it too becomes feminised by the processes of tragedy."Becoming Female" is an important work for scholars and students of Classical Studies, Ancient History, Drama and Theatre Studies, Women's Studies and Cultural Studies 606 $aGreek drama (Tragedy) 606 $2Literary studies: classical, early & medieval 606 $aMaculinity in literature 606 $aFemininity in literature 606 $aHuman body in literature 615 0$aGreek drama (Tragedy) 615 0$aMaculinity in literature. 615 0$aFemininity in literature. 615 0$aHuman body in literature. 676 $a882.01093561 700 $aCawthorn$b Katrina$0698529 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462990403321 996 $aBecoming female$91372614 997 $aUNINA