Greek drama and anti-colonialism: de-colonising classics

Hardwick, Lorna (2004). Greek drama and anti-colonialism: de-colonising classics. In: Hall, E.; Macintosh, F. and Wrigley, A. eds. Dionysus since 69: Greek tragedy at the dawn of the third millennium. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, pp. 219–242.

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Abstract

About the book: Greek tragedy is currently being performed more frequently than at any time since classical antiquity. This book is the first to address the fundamental question, why has there been so much Greek tragedy in the theatres, opera houses, and cinemas of the last three decades? A detailed chronological appendix of production information and lavish illustrations supplement the fourteen essays by an interdisciplinary team of specialists from the worlds of classics, theatre studies, and the professional theatre. They relate the recent appeal of Greek tragedy to social trends, political developments, aesthetic and performative developments, and the intellectual currents of the last three decades, especially multiculturalism, post-colonialism, feminism, post-structuralism, revisions of psychoanalytical models, and secularization.

Item Type:	Book Section
ISBN:	0-19-925914-3, 978-0-19-925914-4
Academic Unit/School:	Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Art History, Classical Studies, English and Creative Writing, Music Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Item ID:	3735
Depositing User:	Lorna Hardwick
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	04 Oct 2016 09:50
URI:	http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/3735
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