Roman Girlhood and the Fashioning of Femininity

Informationen zum Autor Lauren Caldwell is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. Klappentext This book examines the lives of adolescent girls in early Roman imperial society (first century BCE to third century CE). Zusammenfassung This book examines the position of girls in Roman imperial society. It shows how the pressures that propelled elite girls into marriage at an early age shaped their education! affected their mobility! and had consequences for their health and medical care. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Formal education and socialization in virtue; 2. Protecting virginity; 3. Medical perspectives on puberty; 4. The pressure to marry; 5. The wedding; Epilogue.

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• Authors: Lauren Caldwell, Lauren (Wesleyan University Caldwell, Caldwell Lauren, Erik Gunderson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2014
• EAN: 9781107041004
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04100-4
• No. of pages: 196
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient Rome, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Gender studies: women, Age groups: children, Gender studies: women and girls, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE