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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... activities pursued by women in Greek society . While Aristophanes may be guilty of comic exag- geration in assigning ... activity , I came across two puzzling vases , which I present here in the form of questions . Since both involve ...
... activity and the problem of civil war in Vergil's Aeneid , Lucan's Bel- lum Civile , and Statius ' Thebaid . An examination of women's rituals in each of these epics reveals that female ritual activity plays a crucial role in the ...
... activity and reproduction . As 2 Clement states , it was the job of every Christian in Paul's Hellenic branch of Israel to strive to tear their compatriots from their ancestral forms of worship , starting with their own families ( 1.1 ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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