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13 février 2013
- doi: 10.4000/books.pur.1840
- isbn: 9782868471239
- eisbn: 9782753527096
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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Peter Lichtenfels, « “Searching for sexuality beyond Gender Stereotype in Euripides” The Women of Troy », Presses universitaires de Rennes, ID : 10.4000/books.pur.1840
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As a contemporary director who is also a man, working on a production of The Women of Troy by Euripides posed three immediate issues: The play is about women with a large cast of female characters; it is a play from the distant past; and the production was being acted by young people in their early 20s. What the director has to avoid with every issue is the imposition of conventions that would limit the significance of the play, and particularly the imposition of gender stereotypes that would...