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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... appear incapable of attaining . Nevertheless , the women's assump- tion of these powers also appears highly problematic . The book offers exam- ples of sexual transgression ( Argia ) , dangerous empowerment ( bacchic rites ) , as well ...
... appears to have been an assumption of equality among participants as the social basis for communitas within the ... appear to have been made . The Mysteries substituted a different , less gender - specific image of Deme- ter in distress ...
... appears as the underage partner without exception ; the “ marriage ” of a prepubescent male is never discussed . This treatment of the female as the underage partner allies with the customary marriage pattern of the upper classes as ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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