Through both textual and iconographic sources, this book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and imagined, particularly in Athens, Magna Graecia, and Sicily.
Through both textual and iconographic sources, this book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and imagined, particularly in Athens, Magna Graecia, and Sicily.
Alexa Piqueux is an Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature at Université Paris Nanterre and a Junior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France. Her research revolves mainly around ancient Greek theatre, comic poetry, theatre-related iconography, interrelations between art and text, and the cultural history of Magna Graecia.
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * 1: Comedy and Vase-Painting * 2: The Construction of the Comic Body: Masks, Phalluses, Padding, and the Comic Ugliness * 3: Signs of Genre and Sexual Identity Conveyed by Costume * 4: Social and Moral Characterization through Costume * 5: The Body in Movement * Conclusion * Appendix: Catalogue of the comedy-related vases mentioned in this study
* Introduction * 1: Comedy and Vase-Painting * 2: The Construction of the Comic Body: Masks, Phalluses, Padding, and the Comic Ugliness * 3: Signs of Genre and Sexual Identity Conveyed by Costume * 4: Social and Moral Characterization through Costume * 5: The Body in Movement * Conclusion * Appendix: Catalogue of the comedy-related vases mentioned in this study
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