Democratic Swarms: Ancient Comedy and the Politics of the People DuBois Page
Considers how ancient Greek comedy offers a model for present-day politics.With Democratic Swarms, Page duBois revisits the role of Greek comedy in ancient politics, considering how it has been…
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Considers how ancient Greek comedy offers a model for present-day politics.With Democratic Swarms, Page duBois revisits the role of Greek comedy in ancient politics, considering how it has been overlooked as a political medium by modern theorists and critics. Moving beyond the popular readings of ancient Greece through the lens of tragedy, she calls for a revitalized look at Greek comedy. Rather than revisiting the sufferings of Oedipus and his family or tragedy's relationship to questions of sovereignty, this book calls for comedy--its laughter, its free speech, its wild swarming animal choruses, and its rebellious women--to inform another model of democracy.Ancient comedy has been underplayed in the study of Greek drama. Yet, with the irrepressible energy of the comic swarm, it provides a unique perspective on everyday life, gender and sexuality, and the
Politics and the People