Studying gender in classical antiquity /
Foxhall, Lin
Studying gender in classical antiquity / Lin Foxhall. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xi, 188 p. : ill., map, plans ; 23 cm.
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."--
9780521553186 9780521557399
Classical antiquities
Gender identity--Greece
Gender identity--Rome
Sex role--History--Greece
Sex role--History--Rome
Greece--Civilization
Rome--Civilization
305.30938
Studying gender in classical antiquity / Lin Foxhall. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xi, 188 p. : ill., map, plans ; 23 cm.
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."--
9780521553186 9780521557399
Classical antiquities
Gender identity--Greece
Gender identity--Rome
Sex role--History--Greece
Sex role--History--Rome
Greece--Civilization
Rome--Civilization
305.30938