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A Companion to Women in the Ancient World
Contributor(s): James, Sharon L. (Editor), Dillon, Sheila (Editor)
ISBN: 1119025540     ISBN-13: 9781119025542
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $54.39  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical
Dewey: 305.409
Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" (2.15 lbs) 656 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
Selected by Choice as a 2012 Outstanding Academic Title
Awarded a 2012 PROSE Honorable Mention as a Single Volume Reference/Humanities & Social Sciences

A Companion to Women in the Ancient World presents an interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of newly-commissioned essays from prominent scholars on the study of women in the ancient world.

  • The first interdisciplinary, methodologically-based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world
  • Explores a broad range of topics relating to women in antiquity, including: Mother-Goddess Theory; Women in Homer, Pre-Roman Italy, the Near East; Women and the Family, the State, and Religion; Dress and Adornment; Female Patronage; Hellenistic Queens; Imperial Women; Women in Late Antiquity; Early Women Saints; and many more
  • Thematically arranged to emphasize the importance of historical themes of continuity, development, and innovation
  • Reconsiders much of the well-known evidence and preconceived notions relating to women in antiquity
  • Includes contributions from many of the most prominent scholars associated with the study of women in antiquity