Finding Persephone: Women's Rituals in the Ancient MediterraneanMaryline G. Parca, Angeliki Tzanetou Indiana University Press, 2007 - 327 strán (strany) Drawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from participating in many public arenas, women asserted their presence by performing rituals at festivals and presiding over rites associated with life passages and healing. The essays in this lively and timely volume reveal the central place of women in the religious and ritual practices of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean. Readers interested in religion, women's studies, and classical antiquity will find a unique exploration of the nature and character of women's autonomy within the religious sphere and a full account of women's agency in the public domain. |
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... Diana's domain included not only the green zones of the earth , but the heavens above and the un- derworld below . The image maps out Diana's passage between worlds and alludes to her powers of transformation that are revealed in her su ...
... Diana : Ovid ( or his literary persona ) took part in the rites in the sanctuary of Diana Nemorensis , and Horace sacrificed to Diana triformis at his villa ( despite his portrayal of the goddess as a protector of women in the Carmen ...
... Diana was chosen , not particularly because she protects women , but rather , because the ambivalence of Diana , her resis- tance to categories of gender and of mature sexuality , appealed to parents mourning their daughters . Dying ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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