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Voices at work

Karanika, Andromache, 1971-

Voices at work women, performance, and labor in ancient Greece / [electronic resource] : Andromache Karanika. - Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references 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 142141256X


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


Electronic books.

PA3015.W65 / K36 2014

880.9/352042