Becoming a woman and mother in Greco-Roman Egypt women's bodies, society and domestic space
How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women's bodies and how did it acknowledge women's reproductive functions? Detailing women's lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of age, social and religious tab...
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London ; New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2019
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| Schriftenreihe: | Medicine and the body in antiquity
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| Zusammenfassung: | How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women's bodies and how did it acknowledge women's reproductive functions? Detailing women's lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of age, social and religious taboos of menstruation and birth rituals. It investigates medical, legal and religious aspects of women's reproduction, using both historical and archaeological sources, and shows how the social status of women and new-born children changed from the Dynastic to the Greco-Roman period. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary study of the historical sources, papyri, artefacts and archaeological evidence, Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt shows how Greek, Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern cultures impacted on the social perception of female puberty, childbirth and menstruation in Greco-Roman Egypt from the 3rd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D. |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 267 Seiten) Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9781315103792 9781351596152 9781351596138 9781351596145 |