Greek Weaving or the Feminine in Antithesis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3896552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ionna Papadopoulou-Belmehdi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 167 |
| Pages | 39-56 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/039219219404216703 |
| OpenAlex | W2079685738 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Mother dear, I simply cannot weave my cloth; I'm overpowered by desire for a slender young man-and it's Aphrodite's fault.""The Greeks required a woman to devote herself to the sedentary tranquillity of woolwork."Sappho, Xenophon: these two juxtaposed texts, chosen for their dissonant tones, well introduce the Greek representation of weaving as a privileged metaphoric terrain defining the presence and the essence of an imaginary feminine, often expressed in antithetical terms, as a polarized place, with an ever precarious equilibrium. As discourse, weaving is no longer a naturalistic depiction of an edifying occupation of the gynaeceum, an answer to the day-to-day realty of household tasks. As a literary object or ritualized activity, the loom appears as a "gendered" space, a place symbolic of feminine activity
Antithesis · Art · Literature · Weaving · Ancient Near East History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Engineering · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2020 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |