Women and Society in the Roman World
A Sourcebook of Inscriptions from the Roman West
Seiten
2020
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-14245-9 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-14245-9 (ISBN)
Offers a lively view into a wide range of activities, occupations and social and family roles of women in the cities of the Roman West on the basis of translated inscriptions. Makes this material accessible for students, scholars and anyone interested in the history of women and gender.
By their social and material context as markers of graves, dedications and public signs of honour, inscriptions offer a distinct perspective on the social lives, occupations, family belonging, mobility, ethnicity, religious affiliations, public honour and legal status of Roman women ranging from slaves and freedwomen to women of the elite and the imperial family, both in Rome and in Italian and provincial towns. They thus shed light on women who are largely overlooked by the literary sources. The wide range of inscriptions and graffiti included in this book show women participating not only in their families and households but also in the social and professional life of their cities. Moreover, they offer us a glimpse of women's own voices. Marital ideals and problems, love and hate, friendship, birth and bereavement, joy and hardship all figure in inscriptions, revealing some of the richness and variety of life in the ancient world.
By their social and material context as markers of graves, dedications and public signs of honour, inscriptions offer a distinct perspective on the social lives, occupations, family belonging, mobility, ethnicity, religious affiliations, public honour and legal status of Roman women ranging from slaves and freedwomen to women of the elite and the imperial family, both in Rome and in Italian and provincial towns. They thus shed light on women who are largely overlooked by the literary sources. The wide range of inscriptions and graffiti included in this book show women participating not only in their families and households but also in the social and professional life of their cities. Moreover, they offer us a glimpse of women's own voices. Marital ideals and problems, love and hate, friendship, birth and bereavement, joy and hardship all figure in inscriptions, revealing some of the richness and variety of life in the ancient world.
EMILY A. HEMELRIJK is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on Roman women and gender. Her books include Matrona Docta: Educated Women in the Roman Élite from Cornelia to Julia Domna (1999/2004), Hidden Lives, Public Personae: Women and Civic Life in the Roman West (2015) and Women and the Roman City in the Latin West (2013, edited with Greg Woolf).
Introduction; 1. Family Life; 2. Legal Status, Citizenship and Ethnicity; 3. Occupations; 4. Social Relations, Travel and Migration; 5. Religion; 6. Public Life; 7. Imperial Women
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.11.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 3 Maps; 69 Halftones, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 176 x 257 mm |
| Gewicht | 850 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-107-14245-8 / 1107142458 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-107-14245-9 / 9781107142459 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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