Antigone in the Americas : democracy, sexuality, and death in the settler colonial present / Andrés Fabián Henao Castro.

"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 refusi...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:SUNY series in gender theory.
Main Author: Henao Castro, Andrés Fabián (Author)
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2021]
Series:SUNY series in gender theory.
Subjects:
Sophocles. > Antigone.
Sophocles > Criticism and interpretation.
Antigone > (Mythological character) > In literature.
Politics and literature > Latin America.
Politics and literature > North America.
Democracy in literature.
Sex in literature.
Death in literature.
Greek drama (Tragedy) > History and criticism.
Antigone > (Mythological character)
Sophocles.
Antigone (Sophocles)
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Literature.
Politics and literature.
Latin America.
North America.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:xiii, 275 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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