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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... close that membership in a particular social group frequently entailed obligatory participation in special rites . For example , Roman curiae , one of the basic political divisions of citizens at Rome , had their own gods and their own ...
... close , finally , with a few thoughts on the origins of the idea that the womb can wander about the body of a woman . It is true that in traditional cultures women generally treat most , if not all , health prob- lems that are concerned ...
... close affinity between Isis and Demeter suggested by the terracotta figurines : Isis - Thermouthis and Isis- Demeter are two cultural expressions of a single deity.41 It is therefore not surprising that indigenous women should ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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