{"product_id":"dangerous-voices-gail-holst-warhaft-9780415072496","title":"Dangerous Voices: Women's Laments and Greek Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDangerous Voices\u003c\/em\u003e 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 threat they posed to the Greek state caused them to be appropriated by male writers including the tragedians. Holst-Warhaft argues that the loss of the traditional lament in Greece and other countries not only deprives women of their traditional control over the rituals of death but leaves all mourners impoverished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gail Holst-Warhaft\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415072492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415072496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.84h x 5.72w x 0.90d","brand":"Gail Holst-Warhaft","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136041595135,"sku":"9780415072496","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fecbfae3-acfa-4fea-b49f-fecda2b0db87.jpg?v=1770160118","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dangerous-voices-gail-holst-warhaft-9780415072496","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}