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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... interest in Greek women's religious and ritual ac- tivities has yielded three important monographs ( Cole 2004 , Dillon 2002 , and Goff 2004 ) . Each selects a different point of emphasis , ranging from a comprehensive treatment of ...
... interest , whether they wish to reveal this or not ( Weiner 1976 , 13 ) . One might say that the male Trobrianders ... interests me here.29 He gives us two versions of the history of the cult , one of which orig- inates with a Graecus ...
... interest in children explicitly as kourotrophic rather than simply a function of her role as a goddess of childbirth is not decisive , but it should caution us against reach- ing so quickly for the category of kourotrophos , especially ...
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CRITICAL | 3 |
Sources and Methodology | 17 |
THE SCANDAL OF WOMENS RITUAL | 29 |
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