The Body and Its Representations in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazousai: Where Does the Costume End?

With the current interest in performance and the metatheatrical aspects of comedy, Aristophanes's "Thesmophoriazousai" has finally come into its own as a sly dialogue on theater and ritual, comedy versus tragedy, and gender. Stehle explores the representations of the phallus and meani...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American journal of philology 2002, Vol.123 (3), p.369-406
1. Verfasser:	Stehle, Eva
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aristophanes Aristophanes (450?-388? BC) Classical literature Clothing - history Clothing - psychology Costumes Drama Drama - history Dresses Euripides (c 485-406 BC) Female Gender Gender Identity Grammatical gender Greek literature Greek World - history History of medicine History, Ancient Humans Literary criticism Masculinity Men Mimesis Parody Religion and Psychology Rituals Sexuality Theater Theatrical costumes Women - history Women - psychology
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Zusammenfassung:	With the current interest in performance and the metatheatrical aspects of comedy, Aristophanes's "Thesmophoriazousai" has finally come into its own as a sly dialogue on theater and ritual, comedy versus tragedy, and gender. Stehle explores the representations of the phallus and meanings of gender through costume in the play.
ISSN:	0002-9475 1086-3168 1086-3168
DOI:	10.1353/ajp.2002.0043