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Slaves tell tales : and other episodes in the politics of popular culture in ancient Greece / Sara Forsdyke.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400842155
  • 1400842158
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Slaves tell tales.DDC classification:
  • 880.9/358 23
LOC classification:
  • PA3009 .F67 2012eb
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Contents:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Peasants, Politics, and Popular Culture; Part One: Discourses; 2. Slaves Tell Tales: The Culture of Subordinate Groups in Ancient Greece; 3. Pigs, Asses, and Swine: Obscenity and the Popular Imagination in Ancient Sicyon; Part Two: Practices; 4. Revelry and Riot in Ancient Megara: Democratic Disorder or Ritual Reversal?; 5. Street Theater and Popular Justice in Ancient Greece; Epilogue; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index.
Summary: Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts, and overlook the role that informal social practices played in the regulation of the political order. Sara Forsdyke argues, by contrast, that various forms of popular culture in ancient Greece--including festival revelry, oral storytelling, and popular forms of justice--were a vital medium for political expression and played an important role in the negotiation of relations between elites and masses, as well as masters and slaves, in the Greek city-states. Although these fo.
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Most studies of ancient Greek politics focus on formal institutions such as the political assembly and the law courts, and overlook the role that informal social practices played in the regulation of the political order. Sara Forsdyke argues, by contrast, that various forms of popular culture in ancient Greece--including festival revelry, oral storytelling, and popular forms of justice--were a vital medium for political expression and played an important role in the negotiation of relations between elites and masses, as well as masters and slaves, in the Greek city-states. Although these fo.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Peasants, Politics, and Popular Culture; Part One: Discourses; 2. Slaves Tell Tales: The Culture of Subordinate Groups in Ancient Greece; 3. Pigs, Asses, and Swine: Obscenity and the Popular Imagination in Ancient Sicyon; Part Two: Practices; 4. Revelry and Riot in Ancient Megara: Democratic Disorder or Ritual Reversal?; 5. Street Theater and Popular Justice in Ancient Greece; Epilogue; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index Locorum; General Index.

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