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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... Mysteries , which , as mentioned , Kevin Clinton believes arose from a Thesmophoria- like ritual . The Mysteries have their closest cult affinities with the ancient Thesmophoria . 52 They share the myth of Demeter's grief and revival ...
... Mysteries substituted a different , less gender - specific image of Deme- ter in distress , desperately wandering in search of her daughter rather than fasting and mourning , although it is possible that the original women's fes- tival ...
... Mysteries included sacrifice ; see Clinton 1988. But it took place outside the sanctuary and was ancillary to the central actions of initiation , as Evans 2002 shows . 2. See Clinton 1992b , 29–37 and 60–62 , esp . 61 : “ The Mysteries ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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