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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... ceremony to the declaration of a valid mar- riage but also for the position of girls as they entered the marriage rela- tionship . As a result , the legal sources destabilize the terms and categories usually used by scholars to define ...
... ceremony and the declaration of a legally valid marriage . Underage " mar- riage " also calls into question the closeness of the connection between the wedding ceremony and a girl's sexual initiation as depicted in literary sources ...
... ceremony was performed , and thus for the cultural meaning of the wedding at Rome . Perhaps the most surprising consequence of the " disconnect " between wedding ceremony and declaration of legal marriage , however , was that the ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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