Gender and Communication in Euripides' Plays: Between Song and Silence

Bok av J.H. Kim On Chong-Gossard
In Greek tragedy, women constantly struggle to control language. This book shows how aspects of womena (TM)s communicationa "song, silence and secret-keeping as female verbal genres, and the challenges of speaking out of placea "constitute a decisive factor in Euripidesa (TM) portrayal of gender.