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Gender, domesticity, and the age of Augustus : inventing private life / Kristina Milnor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Milnor.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory.
- Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Rome--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Women--Rome--History--To 1500.
- Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D.
- Rome.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 360 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Gender, domesticity, and the age of Augustus: inventing private life
- Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- Through an examination of early imperial representations of women's activities and responsibilities within the household, Kristina Milnor argues that this emphasis on private morality is actually a new way of understanding the nature of political life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 0-19-171288-4
- 0-19-923572-4
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