Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity

List of contents

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Roman clothing
1 Tunic and toga: clothing and rank
2 Other aspects of costume
3 Poverty, mourning, and sordes
4 Clothing and status
5 Class and Sexuality
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Kelly Olson is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Her other works include Dress and the Roman Woman (Routledge, 2008).

Summary

In Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity, Olson argues that clothing functioned as part of the process of communication by which elite male influence, masculinity, and sexuality were made known and acknowledged, and furthermore that these concepts interconnected in socially significant ways. This volume also sets out the details of masculine dress from literary and artistic evidence and the connection of clothing to rank, status, and ritual. This is the first monograph in English to draw together the myriad evidence for male dress in the Roman world, and examine it as evidence for men’s self-presentation, status, and social convention.

Additional text

With her customary insight and remarkable clarity Kelly Olson, in her Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity, offers a rich and fascinating exploration of a key aspect of the language of clothing in Classical antiquity. With an eye to unexpected ancient sources, and even to the bizarre, Olson explores what it meant to be a man in Roman society and how dress confirmed, stressed or undercut the core values of masculinity. Olson is a leading scholar of ancient dress studies and this latest work confirms her reputation for excellence.
- Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Professor of Ancient History, Cardiff University, UK

Product details

• Authors: OLSON, Kelly Olson, Kelly (University of Western Ontario Olson, Olson Kelly
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.05.2017
• EAN: 9781138932937
• ISBN: 978-1-138-93293-7
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies; Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Ancient Rome, Fashion & society, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Cultural studies: dress and society