Performance Culture and Athenian Democracy

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Performance Culture and Athenian Democracy
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Simon Goldhill
Edited by Robin Osborne
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153
Category/GenreDrama
Dance and other performing arts
World history
ISBN/Barcode 9780521604314
ClassificationsDewey:792.09385
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations 5 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 5 August 2004
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

These new and specially-commissioned essays discuss the ways in which performance is central to the practice and ideology of democracy in classical Athens. From theatre to law-court to gymnasium to symposium, performance is a basic part of Athenian society; how do these different areas interrelate and inform the politics and culture of the democratic city? Drama, rhetoric, philosophy, literature and art are all discussed by leading scholars in this interdisciplinary volume.

Reviews

'The diversity of the essays as well as the originality, distinction and provocative quality of many of them make this volume a fine contribution to performance studies.' Journal of Hellenic Studies