Childbearing Women
Birth and Family Crisis in Ancient Drama
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23439055 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edith Hall (0000-0002-8438-6814, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Pages | 60-98 |
| Publication date | 2006-10-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | THEATRICAL CAST OF ATHENS: INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA AND SOCIETY. (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298891.003.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W2495237733 |
| ISBN | 9780199298891 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This chapter focuses on a particular category of theatrical role — the woman who gives birth at around the dramatic moment that the play is set; birth plots appeared in all the ancient genres of drama, in both Greek and Latin. It considers why dramatists were so attracted to childbirth as a theme, how the male actors dealt with the requirement to look pregnant or feign labour pains, and how these phenomena fitted with the clear reluctance, at least of classical Athenian men, to discuss obstetric matters in public on any occasion whatsoever.
Art · Childbirth · Drama · Literature · Pregnancy · Theme (computing) · Classical Antiquity Studies · Computer Science · History · History of Medicine Studies · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2008 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |