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

Karanika, Andromache, 1971-

Voices at work : women, performance, and labor in ancient Greece / Andromache Karanika. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9781421412566


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


Electronic Books.

PA3015 / .V653 2014