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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... fact that she is scantily clad in a short chiton revealing her legs and arms indicates that her dance is not a ritual chorus ( as on another white - ground phiale ) but that of a budding entertainer , as depicted on various symposium ...
... fact , often quite eager to learn about these things from experienced midwives , nurse maids , and their female patients ( Hanson 1990 , 312-14 ) . There is , however , one curious feature of both the magical and medical prognoses and ...
... fact , the debates of the Roman jurists advise us against imagining an experience for girls in which the biological and social transitions to adulthood were neatly interlocked . This essay will address the writings of the classical ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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