Antigone In The Americas

Author : Andrés Fabián Henao Castro
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438484297

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Antigone in the Americas by Andrés Fabián Henao Castro Pdf

Sophocles's classical tragedy, Antigone, is continually reinvented, particularly in the Americas. Theater practitioners and political theorists alike revisit the story to hold states accountable for their democratic exclusions, as Antigone did in disobeying the edict of her uncle, Creon, for refusing to bury her brother, Polynices. Antigone in the Americas not only analyzes the theoretical reception of Antigone, when resituated in the Americas, but further introduces decolonial rumination as a new interpretive methodology through which to approach classical texts. Traveling between modern present and ancient past, Andrés Fabián Henao Castro focuses on metics (resident aliens) and slaves, rather than citizens, making the feminist politics of burial long associated with Antigone relevant for theorizing militant forms of mourning in the global south. Grounded in settler colonial critique, black and woman of color feminisms, and queer and trans of color critique, Antigone in the Americas offers a more radical interpretation of Antigone, one relevant to subjects situated under multiple and interlocking systems of oppression.

Author : Matthew Archbold
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781725282742

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American Antigone by Matthew Archbold Pdf

The actions of a young woman to honor her aborted brother ignite a national firestorm that changes the lives of everyone involved. American Antigone is a roller coaster ride of life-and-death encounters, a media firestorm, and a tale of grace and conversion. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares about a culture of life, religious freedom, or understanding our current national crisis.

Author : Tina Chanter,Sean D. Kirkland
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438452937

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The Returns of Antigone by Tina Chanter,Sean D. Kirkland Pdf

Examines Antigone’s influence on contemporary European, Latin American, and African political activism, arts, and literature. Despite a venerable tradition of thinkers having declared the death of tragedy, Antigone lives on. Disguised in myriad national costumes, invited to a multiplicity of international venues, inspiring any number of political protests, Antigone transmits her energy through the ages and across the continents in an astoundingly diverse set of contexts. She continues to haunt dramatists, artists, performers, and political activists all over the world. This cutting-edge, interdisciplinary collection explores how and why, with essays ranging from philosophical, literary, and political investigations to queer theory, race theory, and artistic appropriations of the play. It also establishes an international scope for its considerations by including assessments of Latin American and African appropriations of the play alongside European receptions of the play.

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:59016208

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The Antigone by Sophocles Pdf

Author : Bonnie Honig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781107355644

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Antigone, Interrupted by Bonnie Honig Pdf

Sophocles' Antigone is a touchstone in democratic, feminist and legal theory, and possibly the most commented upon play in the history of philosophy and political theory. Bonnie Honig's rereading of it therefore involves intervening in a host of literatures and unsettling many of their governing assumptions. Exploring the power of Antigone in a variety of political, cultural, and theoretical settings, Honig identifies the 'Antigone-effect' - which moves those who enlist Antigone for their politics from activism into lamentation. She argues that Antigone's own lamentations can be seen not just as signs of dissidence but rather as markers of a rival world view with its own sovereignty and vitality. Honig argues that the play does not offer simply a model for resistance politics or 'equal dignity in death', but a more positive politics of counter-sovereignty and solidarity which emphasizes equality in life.

Author : Sophocles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCR:31210006651945

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The Antigone of Sophocles by Sophocles Pdf

Author : Ahmed Elbeshlawy
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1409425258

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America in Literature and Film by Ahmed Elbeshlawy Pdf

Utilizing Lacan's psychoanalytic theory and Žižek's philosophical adaption of it, this book brings into dialogue a series of literary works, films and critical theory that are concerned with defining America. Elbeshlawy demonstrates that texts which particularly focus on explaining how other texts about America communicate an unreliable message, themselves communicate an untrustworthy message. Writers and films discussed include Adorno, Kafka, Sontag, Said, Hassan, Dogville and Birth of a Nation.

Author : Helen Morales
Publisher : Bold Type Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781568589343

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Antigone Rising by Helen Morales Pdf

A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyoncé. The picture of classical antiquity most of us learned in school is framed in certain ways -- glossing over misogyny while omitting the seeds of feminist resistance. Many of today's harmful practices, like school dress codes, exploitation of the environment, and rape culture, have their roots in the ancient world. But in Antigone Rising, classicist Helen Morales reminds us that the myths have subversive power because they are told -- and read -- in different ways. Through these stories, whether it's Antigone's courageous stand against tyranny or the indestructible Caeneus, who inspires trans and gender queer people today, Morales uncovers hidden truths about solidarity, empowerment, and catharsis. Antigone Rising offers a fresh understanding of the stories we take for granted, showing how we can reclaim them to challenge the status quo, spark resistance, and rail against unjust regimes.

Author : Erin B. Mee,Helene P. Foley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191618116

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Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage by Erin B. Mee,Helene P. Foley Pdf

Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage is the first book to analyse what happens to Sophocles' play as it is adapted and (re)produced around the world, and the first to focus specifically on Antigone in performance. The essays, by an international gathering of noted scholars from a wide range of disciplines, highlight the numerous ways in which social, political, historical, and cultural contexts transform the material, how artists and audiences in diverse societies including Argentina, The Congo, Finland, Haiti, India, Japan, and the United States interact with it, and the variety of issues it has been used to address.

Author : Erin B. Mee,Helene P. Foley
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780199586196

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Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage by Erin B. Mee,Helene P. Foley Pdf

Sophocles' Antigone has been staged all over the world, and many of these productions have reconceived and remade the play to address local issues and concerns. This collection of essays explores the play's reception in numerous countries, as diverse as The Congo and Australia, Argentina and Japan.

Author : Caridad Svich,Chiori Miyagawa,Sabrina Peck,Tanya Barfield,Karen Hartman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780578031507

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Antigone Project by Caridad Svich,Chiori Miyagawa,Sabrina Peck,Tanya Barfield,Karen Hartman Pdf

ANTIGONE PROJECT is a play in five parts by Tanya Barfield, Karen Hartman, Chiori Miyagawa, 2009 Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, and Caridad Svich that reconsiders the story of Antigone from a variety of rich and radical perspectives. With a preface by dramatist Lisa Schlesinger and an introduction by classics scholar Marianne McDonald, this is a unique addition to contemporary drama.

Author : E. VanDette
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137316905

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Sibling Romance in American Fiction, 1835-1900 by E. VanDette Pdf

This study posits that the narrative of sibling love as a culturally significant tradition in nineteenth-century American fiction. Ultimately, Emily E. VanDette suggests that these novels contribute to historical conversations about affiliation in such tumultuous contexts as sectional divisions, slavery debates, the Civil War, and Reconstruction.

Author : David W. McIvor
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501706721

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Mourning in America by David W. McIvor Pdf

Recent years have brought public mourning to the heart of American politics, as exemplified by the spread and power of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has gained force through its identification of pervasive social injustices with individual losses. The deaths of Sandra Bland, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice, Walter Scott, and so many others have brought private grief into the public sphere. The rhetoric and iconography of mourning has been noteworthy in Black Lives Matter protests, but David W. McIvor believes that we have paid too little attention to the nature of social mourning—its relationship to private grief, its practices, and its pathologies and democratic possibilities.In Mourning in America, McIvor addresses significant and urgent questions about how citizens can mourn traumatic events and enduring injustices in their communities. McIvor offers a framework for analyzing the politics of mourning, drawing from psychoanalysis, Greek tragedy, and scholarly discourses on truth and reconciliation. Mourning in America connects these literatures to ongoing activism surrounding racial injustice, and it contextualizes Black Lives Matter in the broader politics of grief and recognition. McIvor also examines recent, grassroots-organized truth and reconciliation processes such as the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2004–2006), which provided a public examination of the Greensboro Massacre of 1979—a deadly incident involving local members of the Communist Workers Party and the Ku Klux Klan.

Author : American Philological Association
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Philology
ISBN : IND:30000092218779

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Transactions of the American Philological Association by American Philological Association Pdf

Author : Tina Chanter
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438437569

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Whose Antigone? by Tina Chanter Pdf

In this groundbreaking book, Tina Chanter challenges the philosophical and psychoanalytic reception of Sophocles' Antigone, which has largely ignored the issue of slavery. Drawing on textual and contextual evidence, including historical sources, she argues that slavery is a structuring theme of the Oedipal cycle, but one that has been written out of the record. Chanter focuses in particular on two appropriations of Antigone: The Island, set in apartheid South Africa, and Tègònni, set in nineteenth-century Nigeria. Both plays are inspired by the figure of Antigone, and yet they rework her significance in important ways that require us to return to Sophocles' "original" play and attend to some of the motifs that have been marginalized. Chanter explores the complex set of relations that define citizens as opposed to noncitizens, free men versus slaves, men versus women, and Greeks versus barbarians. Whose Antigone? moves beyond the narrow confines critics have inherited from German idealism to reinvigorate debates over the meaning and significance of Antigone, situating it within a wider argument that establishes the salience of slavery as a structuring theme.