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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... associated with these roles and in explicating the nature of the rites and their importance to Athenian soci- ety . Her analysis of images associated with hetairai and probable represen- tations of female dwarfs similarly underscores ...
... associated with female grief and that has the potential to erupt and threaten male authority.13 In her speech she asso- ciates obedience to her husband with her ability for childbearing ( dum vis materna , peregi / iussa , 338–39 ) but ...
... associated with women's work , as Barbara Goff ( 2004 ) points out programmatically in her recent book on women's rituals.3 Some of the best - known Athenian rituals , for example , draw on women's daily activities . The weaving of ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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