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Description for Roman Women
Paperback. This book examines the daily lives of Roman women. Series: Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization. Num Pages: 238 pages, 42 b/w illus. 57 colour illus. BIC Classification: GT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 454. Series: Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization. 238 pages, 42 b/w illus. 57 colour illus. This book examines the daily lives of Roman women. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: GT. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 13. Weight: 458.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Cambridge Introduction to Roman Civilization
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
238
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521521581
SKU
V9780521521581
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Ref
99-1
About Eve D´ambra
Eve D'Ambra is chair and professor of art at Vassar College. She is the author of Roman Art (Cambridge, 1998).
Reviews for Roman Women
'While the book is intended to serve as an introduction, it provides detailed and concise information with avenues for more in-depth studies and will make an excellent textbook for any college course on women in Rome.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'This book offers a good introduction to a large topic for an audience with no prior knowledge and it provides valuable background material for the Cambridge Latin Course.' Journal of Classics Teaching 'D'Ambra has succeeded in writing an accomplished guidebook full of interesting details and concrete examples that make aspects of a Roman woman's life easily understandable. The book is written in clear language, which makes it also accessible to readers not familiar with the use of academic jargon.' Arctos