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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... gender and its implications for as- sessing gender roles have proven critical for the project of studying women's rituals in the ancient Mediterranean.21 Equally significant is the growing body of work on ritual and performance , which ...
... gender , and the body , to a reflection on matters of religious and ritual agency in light of gender ideol- ogy . Recent publications on the Roman side , such as those by Beard 1980 and 1995 , and Parker 2004 on the Vestal Virgins ...
... gender performance , " as articulated by Judith Butler . If we see these practices — no matter how discordant they may seem when compared to women's daily actions — as a form of gender performance , it becomes clear that the wildness ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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