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Finding Persephone – Women`s Rituals in the Ancient Mediterranean

Autor Maryline Parca, Angeliki Tzanetou
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 27 noi 2007
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253219381
ISBN-10: 0253219388
Pagini: 344
Ilustrații: 20 b&w photographs, 1 figure, 2 maps
Dimensiuni: 165 x 227 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press
Locul publicării:United States

Cuprins

Part 1. Introduction 1. Ritual and Gender: Critical Perspectives / Angeliki Tzanetou, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignPart 2. Sources and Methodology 2. The Scandal of Women's Ritual / Deborah Lyons, Miami UniversityPart 3. Gender and Agency 3. Looking for the Images: Representations of Girls' Rituals in Ancient Athens / Jenifer Neils, Case Western Reserve University; 4. Improvising on the Athenian Stage: Women's Ritual Practice in Drama / Barbara Goff, University of Reading; 5. Sanctissima femina: Social Categorization and Women's Religious Experience in the Roman Republic / Celia E. Schultz, Yale University; 6. Threat and Hope: Women's Rituals and Civil War in Roman Epi / Vassiliki Panoussi, College of William and MaryPart 4. Performance 7. Folk Songs as Ritual Acts: The Case of Work-Song / Andromache Karanika, University of California at Irvine; 8. The Rise of the Demon Womb in Greco-Roman Antiquity / Christopher A. Faraone, University of Chicago; 9. Thesmophoria and Eleusinian Mysteries: The Fascination of Women's Secret Ritual / Eva Stehle, University of MarylandPart 5. Appropriations and Adaptations 10. Worshipping Demeter in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt / Maryline Parca, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 11. Nuptiarum Sollemnia? Girls' Transition to Marriage in the Roman Jurists / Lauren Caldwell, Wesleyan University; 12. Maidens and Manhood in the Worship of Diana at Nemi / Eve D'Ambra,Vassar College; 13. Male Improvisation in the "Women's Cult" of Eileithyia on Paros / David D. Leitao, San Francisco State University; 14. Early Christian Antipathy toward the Greek "Women Gods" / Kathy L. Gaca, Vanderbilt University

Recenzii

"As the excellent introduction makes clear, there are good reasons why the study of women and religion is an exciting topic at this time." H. Alan Shapiro, Johns Hopkins University

Notă biografică

Maryline Parca teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is author of The Franchetti Collection in Rome: Inscriptions and Sculptural Fragments.
Angeliki Tzanetou teaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has published articles on women's rituals and politics in Greek drama.

Descriere

Reveals women's active role in religious life and rituals in the ancient world