Women and Society in the Roman World - A Sourcebook of Inscriptions From the Roman West

Informationen zum Autor EMILY A. HEMELRIJK is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on Roman women and gender. Her books include Matrona Docta: Educated Women in the Roman Élite from Cornelia to Julia Domna (1999/2004), Hidden Lives, Public Personae: Women and Civic Life in the Roman West (2015) and Women and the Roman City in the Latin West (2013, edited with Greg Woolf). Klappentext Offers a lively view into a wide range of activities, occupations and social and family roles of women in the cities of the Roman West on the basis of translated inscriptions. Makes this material accessible for students, scholars and anyone interested in the history of women and gender. Zusammenfassung Offers a lively view into a wide range of activities, occupations and social and family roles of women in the cities of the Roman West on the basis of translated inscriptions. Makes this material accessible for students, scholars and anyone interested in the history of women and gender. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Family Life; 2. Legal Status, Citizenship and Ethnicity; 3. Occupations; 4. Social Relations, Travel and Migration; 5. Religion; 6. Public Life; 7. Imperial Women

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• Authors: Emily A Hemelrijk, Emily A. Hemelrijk, Emily A. (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Hemelrijk, Hemelrijk Emily A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781107142459
• ISBN: 978-1-107-14245-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Gender studies, gender groups, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Society and culture: general, Feminism and feminist theory, Roman women; inscriptions; roman graffiti; women's voices;