Studying gender in classical antiquity / Lin Foxhall.

By:

Foxhall, Lin

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Key themes in ancient historyPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.Description: xi, 188 p. : ill., map, plans ; 23 cmISBN:

9780521553186
9780521557399

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

305.30938

Contents:

Gender and the study of classical antiquity -- Households -- Demography -- Bodies -- Wealth -- Space -- Religion -- Conclusions -- Bibliographic essay.

Summary: "This book investigates how varying practices of gender shaped people's lives and experiences across the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. Exploring how gender was linked with other socio-political characteristics such as wealth, status, age and life stage, as well as with individual choices, in the very different world of classical antiquity is fascinating in its own right. But later perceptions of ancient literature and art have profoundly influenced the development of gendered ideologies and hierarchies in the West, and influenced the study of gender itself. Question how best to untanble and interpret difficult sources is a key aim. This book exploits a wide range of archaeological, material cultural, visual, spatial, demographic, epigraphical and literary evidence to consider households, families, life cycles and the engendering of time, legal and political institutions, beliefs about bodies, sex and sexuality, gender and space, the economic implications of engendered practices, and gender in religion and magic."--

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book - 7-day loan	CYA Library Main Collection	305.30938 FOX (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000007866

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-184) and index.

Gender and the study of classical antiquity -- Households -- Demography -- Bodies -- Wealth -- Space -- Religion -- Conclusions -- Bibliographic essay.

"This book investigates how varying practices of gender shaped people's lives and experiences across the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. Exploring how gender was linked with other socio-political characteristics such as wealth, status, age and life stage, as well as with individual choices, in the very different world of classical antiquity is fascinating in its own right. But later perceptions of ancient literature and art have profoundly influenced the development of gendered ideologies and hierarchies in the West, and influenced the study of gender itself. Question how best to untanble and interpret difficult sources is a key aim. This book exploits a wide range of archaeological, material cultural, visual, spatial, demographic, epigraphical and literary evidence to consider households, families, life cycles and the engendering of time, legal and political institutions, beliefs about bodies, sex and sexuality, gender and space, the economic implications of engendered practices, and gender in religion and magic."--