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Women in Relief. 'Double Consciousness' in Classical Attic Tombstones
Younger, John G.
Younger, John G.
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The classical Greek cemetery was a women's space. The tombstones were often decorated with idealized portraits of the women buried below; other women are also often depicted, and inscriptions give names and qualities. A living woman, tending the plots, would be encouraged by these depictions and inscriptions to contemplate the women buried there -- and to create narratives. Somewhere in the creation of these narratives would be romantic desire.
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2002
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University of Texas Press
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Gender, Women, Greek, Sculpture, Cemeteries, Homoeroticism
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"Women in Relief: 'Double Consciousness' in Classical Attic Tombstones." In: Among Women. From the Homosocial to the Homoerotic in the Ancient World, eds. Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and Lisa Auanger, 167-210. Austin: University of Texas Press 2002.