Dangerous Voices
In Dangerous Voices Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the ancient lament, especially women''s mourning of the dead, and sets out to discover why legislation was introduced to curb these laments in antiquity. An investigation of laments ranging from New Guinea to Greece suggests that this essentially female art form gave women considerable power over the rituals of death. The thre...
In Dangerous Voices Holst-Warhaft investigates the power and meaning of the ancient lament, especially women''s mourning of the dead, and sets out to discover why legislation was introduced to curb these laments in antiquity. An investigation of laments ranging from New Guinea to Greece suggests that this essentially female art form gave women considerable power over the rituals of death. The thre...
