Women and the Roman City in the Latin West / edited by Emily Hemelrijk, Greg Woolf.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hemelrijk, Emily Ann, 1953-

Woolf, Greg.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; volume 360.

Mnemosyne supplements. history and archaeology of classical antiquity, 0169-8958 ; volume 360

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Rome--Social conditions.

Women.

Rome--Social life and customs.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

xxii, 408 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Summary:

Roman Cities, as conventionally studied, seem to be dominated by men. Yet as the contributions to this Volume-which deals with the Roman cities of Italy and the western provinces in the late Republic and early Empire-show, women occupied a wide range of civic roles. Women had key roles to play in urban economics, and a few were prominent public figures celebrated for their generosity and for their priestly eminence, and commemorated with public statues and grand inscriptions. Drawing on archaeology and epigraphy, on law and art as well as on ancient texts, this multidisciplinary study offers a new and more nuanced view of the gendering of civic life. It asks how far the experience of women of the smaller Italian and provincial cities resembled that of women in the capital, how women were represented in sculptural art as well as in inscriptions, and what kinds of power of influence they exercised in the societies of the Latin West. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Civic Roles

The Role of Women as Municipal Matres / Francesca Cenerini Cenerini, Francesca 9

Women beyond Rome: Trend-setters or Dedicated Followers of Fashion? / Alison Cooley Cooley, Alison 23

Frauen als Teil der kaiserzeitlichen Gesellschaft: ihr Reflex in Inschriften Roms und der italischen Städte / Werner Eck Eck, Werner 47

Female Munificence in the Cities of the Latin West / Emily Hemelrijk Hemelrijk, Emily 65

The Public Presence of Women in the Cities of Roman North Africa. Two Case Studies: Thamugadi and Cuicul / Christian Witschel Witschel, Christian 85

Part II Participation in Cult

Gender and Cult in the Roman West: Mithras, Isis, Attis / John North North, John 109

Women and Animal Sacrifice in Public Life / James Rives Rives, James 129

Women and the Cult of Magna Mater in the Western Provinces / Wolfgang Spickermann Spickermann, Wolfgang 147

Part III Public Representation

Honorific vs. Funerary Statues of Women. Essentially the Same or Fundamentally Different? / Glenys Davies Davies, Glenys 171

Portraits Statues of Women on the Island of Delos / Sheila Dillon Dillon, Sheila 201

Dressed Women on the Streets of the Ancient City: What to Wear? / Mary Harlow Harlow, Mary 225

Whose Fashion? Men, Women and Roman Culture as Reflected in Dress in the Cities of the Roman North-West / Ursula Rothe Rothe, Ursula 243

Part IV Economics

Gendering Medical Provisions in the Cities of the Roman West / Rebecca Flemming Flemming, Rebecca 271

Desperate Housewives? the Adaptive Family Economy and Female Participation in the Roman Urban Labour Market / Miriam J. Groen-Vallinga Groen-Vallinga, Miriam J. 295

Women and Retail in Roman Italy / Claire Holleran Holleran, Claire 313

Grain Distribution and Gender in the City of Rome / Coen van Galen Galen, Coen van 331

Part V Mobility

Female Mobility in the Roman West / Greg Woolf Woolf, Greg 351

Female Networks in Military Communities of the Roman West: A View from the Vindolanda Tablets / Elizabeth Greene Greene, Elizabeth 369

Female Travelers in Roman Britain: Vibia Pacata and Julia Lucilla / Lien Foubert Foubert, Lien 391.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004255944

900425594X

OCLC:

851572760