{"product_id":"who-am-i-efimia-d-karakantza-9780674237940","title":"Who Am I?: (Mis)Identity and the Polis in Oedipus Tyrannus","description":"\u003cp\u003eOedipus's major handicap in life is not knowing who he is--and both parricide and incest result from his ignorance of his identity. With two questions--\"Who am I?\" and \"Who is my father?\"--on his mind (and on his lips), the obsessed Oedipus arrives at the oracle of Delphi. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnlike the majority of modern and postmodern readings of \u003ci\u003eOedipus Tyrannus, \u003c\/i\u003e Efimia Karakantza's text focuses on the question of identity. Identity, however, is not found only in our genealogy; it also encompasses the ways we move in the public space, command respect or fail to do so, and relate to our interlocutors in life. But overwhelmingly, in the Greek polis, one's primary identity is as a citizen, and defining the self in the polis is the kernel of this story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSurveying a wide range of postmodern critical theories, Karakantza follows the steps of the protagonist in the four \"cycles of questions\" constructed by Sophocles. The quest to piece together Oedipus's identity is the long, painful, and intricate procedure of recasting his life into a new narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Efimia D. Karakantza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674237943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674237940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Efimia D. Karakantza","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44491369349375,"sku":"9780674237940","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_143cac83-6340-43d3-9331-af9fe9b78fe5.jpg?v=1699450813","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/who-am-i-efimia-d-karakantza-9780674237940","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}