Aristophanes Ladies Day Quote There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender that identity is performatively constituted by the very expressions that are said to be its results Butler ID: 344260
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Misogynist Feminism?
Aristophanes’
Ladies’ DaySlide2
Quote
“There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is
performatively
constituted by the very ‘expressions’ that are said to be its results” (Butler
Gender Trouble
)Slide3
Does
Ladies’ Day
deconstruct or affirm
“identities”/stereotypes
?
- QUESTION -Slide4
Agenda
Ladies’ Day
The Basics
Misogynist Feminism?
Social Critique in Ladies’ DayDiscussionWhat’s Being “Performed”: Ideology of or Subversion of Identity?2013-10-22Aristophanes Ladies Day
4Slide5
Ladies Day
The BasicsSlide6
Thesmophoriazusae
: Play Facts
Title
“Women Celebrating the Thesmophoria”
Producedspring 411 BCEPremiseeur finds out plays anger womenwomen’s “assembly” to punish him
Parody / allusion
Euripides’
Palamedes
Helen
Telephus
Andromeda
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Aristophanes’
Ladies’ Day
Mnesilochus (right), his disguise revealed, is about to “slay” wine skin (south Italian vase,
ca.
380-370 BCE)Slide8
Setting, Occasion
Occasion
Thesmophoria (fall)
Goddesses
DemeterKore-PersephoneCelebrantsFreeborn, respectable womenVenue
Thesmophorion
Activities
Business
Withy
bedding
anti-aphrodisiac
Three-day
sequence
“Ascent
”
“Fasting
” (+ ground-sitting)
“Celebrating
” - unearthing
genitalia cakes
piglet sacrifice
snake models
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Misogynist Feminism?
Social
Critique
in
Ladies’ DaySlide10
Discussion: Gender Stereotypes
Female
Male
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Aristophanes Ladies Day
10Slide11
Feminist Aristophanes?
“If the men are to be believed, we are a plague to them; …. But if we are truly such a pest, why marry us? Why forbid us to go out or show ourselves at the window? …
“Come, let us compare them in detail, each individual man with a woman. Charminus is not equal to
Nausimakhē
, that’s certain. Cleophon is in every respect inferior to
Salabakkhō
. It’s a long time now since any of you has dared to contest the prize with
Aristomakhē
, the heroine of Marathon, or with
Stratonikē
. Among the last year’s Councilors, who have just yielded their office to other citizens, is there one who equals
Euboulē
? Not even Anytus would say that. Therefore we maintain that men are greatly our inferiors
.” (
Thesmophoriazusae
lines 788 ff.
≈
p.
299
ff
Fitts
)
names…Slide12
What’s in a Name?
Nausimakhē
Salabakkhō
Aristomakhē
Stratonikē
Euboulē
“Warrior-Woman-at-Sea”
“Party Girl” (a
hetaira
)
“Noble-Warrior-Woman”
(
heroine of Marathon)
“Army-Victorious”
“Wise Councilor-Woman”
(superior to male councilors)
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12Slide13
Discussion
What’s Being “Performed”: Ideology of or Subversion of Identity?