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Author:

Karanika, Andromache, 1971- author.

Title:

Voices at work : women, performance, and labor in ancient Greece / Andromache Karanika.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Greek poetry--History and criticism.
Working class women in literature.
Women employees in literature.
Work in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Women, labor and performance in Homer -- Gender, genre and women's work in The Odyssey -- Work and performance in captivity -- Fragments of songs-moments at work -- Finding work songs, dances, and ritual acts -- From lullabies to children's songs: some diachronic perspectives in domestic work and the work theme -- No more weaving: the poetics of interruption -- Harvesting song tradition.

ISBN:

1421412551 (hardcover : acid-free paper)
9781421412559 (hardcover : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)851642769

LCCN:

2013022885

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)