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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... festivals in the Greek world , though it does not offer an exact template for any of them.29 The fact that the festival allows a range of interpretations alerts us to the difficulties of comparative analysis . Nevertheless , if based on ...
... festival , as well as at the Thes- mophoria , women handled models of male and female genitalia , while sexual joking and raillery figured in most festivals of Demeter , whether gender - segregated or mixed . The words spoken in these ...
... festival held by Caesar's wife during his consulship . First Plutarch tells us this about the festival : " It is not lawful for a man to attend the sacred ceremonies , nor even to be in the house when they are cele- brated ; but the ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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