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The Child Follows the Womb : Gender, Reproduction, and Roman Slavery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huemoeller, Katharine P. D.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- A new and incisive exploration of female slavery and reproduction in ancient Rome One of ancient Romeâe(tm)s most significant legacies is a legal framework for hereditary slavery.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. Gendering Enslavement
- 1 Vitalis. Partus sequitur ventrem in Roman Law
- 2 Isarous. Reproductive Speculation
- 3 Sostrata. Freedom Through Childbearing
- 4 Anonyma. Enslaved Concubinage
- 5 Regina. Freedom Through Marriage
- Conclusion. Gendering Freedom
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-28951-0
- 9780300289510
- OCLC:
- 1564337908
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