And now with you: Athenea! The Goddess of the City in Contemporary Society

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Wendolin Ríos Valerio

Abstract

This article takes as its starting point a production of “The Oresteia” to reflecton the drama and contemporary society, presenting a brief descriptionof the elements of the production. The analysis focuses on the image ofAthena that the production presents and which is indicative of different processesof transformation of the symbolic to the rational thing, the matriarchalto patriarchal, Greek tragedy to contemporary theater and from there toTV And at the same time it offers different possibilities for reflection on contemporarysociety, television, justice and divinity.

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Ríos Valerio, W. (2012). And now with you: Athenea! The Goddess of the City in Contemporary Society. Acta Sociológica, 1(57), 119–140. https://doi.org/10.22201/fcpys.24484938e.2012.57.29768
Author Biography

Wendolin Ríos Valerio, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales. Centro de Estudios Sociológicos

Maestra en Historia del Arte por la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, y Licenciada en Sociología por la Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma México, donde se tituló  con la tesis Reflexiones sobre teatro y sociedad. Un acercamiento a la obra de Jerzy Grotowski (1933-1999).