| Roman Women Contributor(s): D'Ambra, Eve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521818397 ISBN-13: 9780521818391 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2006 Annotation: This book examines the daily lives of Roman women by focusing on the mundane and less celebrated aspects of daily life - family and household, work and leisure, worship and social obligations - of women of different social ranks. Using a variety of sources, including literary texts, letters, inscriptions, coins, tableware, furniture, and the fine arts, from the late Republic to the high Imperial period, Eve D???Ambra shows how these sources serve as objects of social analysis, rather than simply as documents that recreate how life was lived. She also demonstrates how texts and material objects take part in shaping realities and what they can tell us about the texture of lives and social attitudes, if not emotions of women in Roman antiquity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - Rome - Social Science | Women's Studies - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 305.488 |
| LCCN: 2005036464 |
| Series: Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.56" W x 9" (1.29 lbs) 238 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In-depth textbook study of the everyday lives of the women of ancient Rome. |
Contributor Bio(s): D'Ambra, Eve: - Eve D'Ambra is chair and professor of art at Vassar College. She is the author of Roman Art (Cambridge, 1998). |