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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... goddess . D'Ambra shows that the goddess was not constrained by gender but straddled both genders , overseeing boys ' and girls ' transitions to adulthood . She demonstrates that since girls were val- ued for the roles society expected ...
... goddess ( line 2 , repeated in line 119 ) , walk the city ( barefoot , hair unbound , line 124 ) , and at the end sing a hymn invoking Demeter and a bountiful harvest ( lines 134-38 ) .11 Although the poet is silent about the locality ...
... goddess protected the newborn rather than the mother ( Pairault 1969 , 425–71 ) . The Roman goddess's primary role , however , was as a curator of the wild , and because she patrolled the borders between the civilized and the savage ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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