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Publics and Audiences in Ancient Greece
- Author(s):
- David Roselli (see profile)
- Date:
- 2013
- Subject(s):
- Greece, History, Ancient, Greek drama
- Item Type:
- Book chapter
- Tag(s):
- Ancient Athenian Politics, Ancient theatre, audience, Greek drama, Ancient Greek history, Greek theatre, Performance and politics
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M66683
- Abstract:
- An overview of the historical constitution of theater audiences in Classical Athens and the implications of this assessment. I first sketch out the dominant ways in which modern scholars have defined ancient audiences. I argue that attention to (male) citizenship or Greek identity has effaced the presence and role of other groups in the audience. In the second section I discuss the evidence for audiences in ancient Athens. Available space for spectators and the various barriers to these spaces shaped the diverse constitution of audiences; from the Classical to early Hellenistic period (ca. 480–300 BC), theaters did not merely expand and proliferate but redefined the make-up of audiences. The third section explores the discourse of audiences in ancient sources. As I briefly elaborate in the conclusion, this chapter aims to unsettle and provincialize the idea of citizen audiences.
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- xml
- Published as:
- Book chapter Show details
- Pub. Date:
- 2013
- Book Title:
- Meanings of Audiences: Comparative Discourses
- Author/Editor:
- R. Butsch and S. Livingstone (eds)
- Page Range:
- 20 - 36
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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