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From: Radical Teacher
Date: 20010622
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By Sophocles. Video with Irene Papas, directed by George Tzavellas, I.W. Films.

Sophocles' tragic play, Antigone, provides a potent antidote to the patriarchal and conformist undercurrents that accompany Western Civilization courses. Such courses lend themselves to highlighting the achievements of the great men of the West at the expense of women, working folks, and non-Western peoples. However, Antigone, as a teenage woman, excites students' imaginations with her defiance of illegitimate male power. I have discovered that a film version of this classic play inspires students ...

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