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Choruses of Young Women in Ancient Greece: Their Morphology, Religous Role, and Social Functions New and Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Calame, Claude (Author), Collins, Derek (Translator), Orion, Janice (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0742515257     ISBN-13: 9780742515253
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
OUR PRICE: $57.00  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2001
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | Ancient & Classical
Dewey: 882.010
LCCN: 00054429
Lexile Measure: 1390
Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.7" W x 8.9" L (0.90 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2001 pg. 194
 
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Publisher Description:
In this groundbreaking work, Claude Calame argues that the songs sung by choruses of young girls in ancient Greek poetry are more than literary texts; rather, they functioned as initiatory rituals in Greek cult practices. Using semiotic and anthropologic theory, Calame reconstructs the religious and social institutions surrounding the songs, demonstrating their function in an aesthetic education that permitted the young girls to achieve the stature of womanhood and to be integrated into the adult civic community. This first English edition includes an updated bibliography.
 
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