Procne and Philomela, or How Important It Is for Women to Know How to Read and Write under a Patriarchal Order

Authors

  • Amparo Pedregal Rodríguez Universidad de Oviedo

Keywords:

patriarchy, female knowledge, transgression, sorority

Abstract

From a gender perspective, the story of the two sisters, Procne and Philomela, beyond the episode of infanticide and cannibalism — which is presented as the consequence of their transgressive behaviour — evidences the fact that women’s access to education and knowledge is the first step towards the destabilization of societal structures within the patriarchal order, as well as their forceful imposition.

Lectora 18

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Published

2012-11-05

Issue

No. 18 (2012): Desorden y transgresión en el mundo antiguo

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