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Images and Gender: Contributions to the Hermeneutics of Reading Ancient Art
Silvia Schroer
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Description for Images and Gender: Contributions to the Hermeneutics of Reading Ancient Art
hardcover. Editor(s): Schroer, Silvia. Num Pages: 383 pages, illus. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Weight in Grams: 653.
Images are like texts influenced by their cultural environment. To decode their code and at the same time to liberate it from the guardianship of the text interpretation, the authors of this volume have made the task. They explore the question of the role of images in the reconstruction of women's history in antiquity. The answers range from fundamental interpretations of ancient images from a gender-oriented perspective to the exploration of more specific topics such as the portrayal of nudity or the woman as ruler, mother or priestess. "Images and Gender" is a unique groundbreaking collection of the latest gender ... Read more
Images are like texts influenced by their cultural environment. To decode their code and at the same time to liberate it from the guardianship of the text interpretation, the authors of this volume have made the task. They explore the question of the role of images in the reconstruction of women's history in antiquity. The answers range from fundamental interpretations of ancient images from a gender-oriented perspective to the exploration of more specific topics such as the portrayal of nudity or the woman as ruler, mother or priestess. "Images and Gender" is a unique groundbreaking collection of the latest gender ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht Germany
Language
German
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
Number of Pages
383
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783525530207
SKU
V9783525530207
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About Silvia Schroer
Dr. theol. Silvia Schroer ist Professorin fÃ"r Altes Testament und antike Kulturen an der Universität Bern.
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