Democratic Swarms: Ancient Comedy and the Politics of the People DuBois Page
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…
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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 overlooked as a political medium by modern theorists and critics. 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. Moving beyond the popular readings of ancient Greece through the lens of tragedy, she calls for a revitalized look at Greek comedy.
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