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Pandora's Daughters- Eva Cantarella, 1987
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Item specifics
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- Features
- Dust Jacket
- ISBN
- 9780801831935
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801831938
ISBN-13
9780801831935
eBay Product ID (ePID)
4460657
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Pandora's Daughters : the Role and Status of Women in Greek and Roman Antiquity
Publication Year
1986
Subject
Ancient / General, Ancient / Rome, Women's Studies
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, History
Series
Ancient Society and History Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
15 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
86-007292
Dewey Edition
19
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
305.4/2/0938
Original Language
Italian
Table Of Content
Foreword Translator's Note Preface Introduction Part I. Greece Chapter 1. Matriarchy in Prehistory, Myth and History Chapter 2. Origins of Western Misogyny Chapter 3. Exclusion from the Polis Chapter 4. Philosophers and Women Chapter 5. Women and Literature Chapter 6. Homosexuality and Love Chapter 7. The Hellenistic Age: New Images, Old Stereotypes Part II. Rome Chapter 8. The Hypothesis of Matriarchy Chapter 9. The Period of the Kings and the Republic Chapter 10. The Principate and the Empire: The Emancipation of Women? Chapter 11. The Byzantine Empire Conclusion Abbreviations Used in the NOtes Notes Index Books in the Series
Synopsis
Expanded and updated for this English-language translation, Pandora's Daughters offers the first history of women in ancient Greece and Rome to be written from a legal perspective. Moving outward from an examination of the legal evidence--the laws governing marriage and divorce, sexual behavior, and inheritance--Cantarella demonstrates how literary, anecdotal, and juridical sources can and cannot be used to discover what Greek and Roman men thought about women. She offers a provocative feminist interpretation of the sociological information that can be derived from law codes, lawyers' speeches, records and discussions of custom, and legislation to determine the status of women in society. At the same time she draws upon the evidence of myth, ritual, and literature to question whether women were actually subjugated to the extent that the alws imply. Cantarella also provides a balanced evaluation of one of the most controversial issues in women's history, the question of matriarchy in prehistoric Greece and Rome. She considers the original sources that have been used as evidence while taking into account the historical contexts in which modern theories of women's societies have been produces. By examining the structures of Greek and Roman society, Pandora's Daughters reveals the points at which sexual roles became codified and came to be viewed as biological rather than cultural. The societies of ancient Greece and Rome, Cantarella demonstrates, were violently misogynistic. Yet in many respects the position of women in pagan antiquity was higher than it would be under Christianity.
LC Classification Number
HQ1134.C3513 1987
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