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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... Italian cities . Erich Gruen ( 1990 , 34–78 ) relates the suppression of the Bacchanalia solely to Rome's desire to consolidate its power over the rest of Italy . Although he makes a con- vincing case for the centrality of this motive ...
... Italy ( at least in the case of the Bacchanalia ) . Al- though both episodes place the women in the position not of actors but of those acted upon , the seriousness of the consequences may in part reflect the greater political influence ...
... Italy in the empire , see Richlin 1997 , 368-72 . 29. Cicero ( Balb . 55 ) tells us that Greek women who were selected to be priest- esses of Ceres in Rome were made citizens so that they , as citizens , might perform the rites on ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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