{"product_id":"gendered-voices-in-the-iliad-celsiana-warwick-9780197902257","title":"Gendered Voices in the Iliad: Lament and Heroic Glory","description":"This book explores the ways in which the\u003cem\u003e Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e constructs competing gendered voices that comment on the value system of the poem's warrior society. Prominent within the poem is a discourse of warrior masculinity that valorizes over all else the acquisition of \u003cem\u003etimē\u003c\/em\u003e (honor) and \u003cem\u003ekleos\u003c\/em\u003e (glory) through prowess in battle. Within Iliadic society, this form of masculinity is hegemonic, meaning that it is the dominant and most ideologically privileged, configuration of masculine gender practice within its culture. However, the poem also presents other perspectives and ways of being that interact with and counter the discourse of hegemonic warrior masculinity in complex ways. In particular, the discourse of lament, which is primarily associated with women, presents a counterpoint to masculine warrior ideology by emphasizing the damage that the pursuit of \u003cem\u003etimē\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ekleos\u003c\/em\u003e does to a hero's family and community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn contrast to hegemonic warrior masculinity, which emphasizes winning status and \"unwithering\" fame (\u003cem\u003ekleos aphthiton\u003c\/em\u003e) that will transcend the ephemerality of mortal existence, lament values most highly the fragile and impermanent bonds of social relationships that are dissolved by death. Throughout the poem, the opposition between these two sets of values plays out in dialogues between characters and in the form of internal conflicts within characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celsiana Warwick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0197902251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197902257\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Celsiana Warwick","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48450401468671,"sku":"9780197902257","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f83b1b1a-2f4e-4cca-9bcc-9d3f180d5c3d.jpg?v=1777267559","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gendered-voices-in-the-iliad-celsiana-warwick-9780197902257","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}