Metic's philia: a gender approach to the Antigones of the XXth century
This essay intends to investigate interpretations and rewritings of Sofocle’s Antigone in the second half of 20th Century from a gender perspective. In particular, it analyses four thematic features departing from Sofocle’s text and aims to a progressive inclusion of gender issues into a queer point...
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doaj-961b3be068144297ad28af300abd30a32020-11-25T01:09:39ZengUniversità degli Studi di CagliariBetween2039-65972015-12-0151010.13125/2039-6597/17131457Metic's philia: a gender approach to the Antigones of the XXth centuryElena Porciani0Seconda Università di NapoliThis essay intends to investigate interpretations and rewritings of Sofocle’s Antigone in the second half of 20th Century from a gender perspective. In particular, it analyses four thematic features departing from Sofocle’s text and aims to a progressive inclusion of gender issues into a queer point of view: the unburied dead, the conflict between Antigone and Creon, women’s ‘philia’ on stage, Antigone as a ‘metoikos’ with fluid identity. It examines works of female authors and scholars such as Judith Butler, Martha Nussbaum, Grete Weil, and María Zambrano.http://ojs.unica.it/index.php/between/article/view/1713Antigonegender studiesqueer studiesButlerNussbaumGrete WeilZambranophiliameticciato |
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This essay intends to investigate interpretations and rewritings of Sofocle’s Antigone in the second half of 20th Century from a gender perspective. In particular, it analyses four thematic features departing from Sofocle’s text and aims to a progressive inclusion of gender issues into a queer point of view: the unburied dead, the conflict between Antigone and Creon, women’s ‘philia’ on stage, Antigone as a ‘metoikos’ with fluid identity. It examines works of female authors and scholars such as Judith Butler, Martha Nussbaum, Grete Weil, and María Zambrano. |
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