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Informationen zum Autor Edited by Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland Klappentext The first book to focus exclusively on material evidence such as frescos, graffiti, and inscriptions to explore the lives of Roman women from all social classes in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Zusammenfassung The first book to focus exclusively on material evidence such as frescos, graffiti, and inscriptions to explore the lives of Roman women from all social classes in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsIntroduction. Negotiating Silence, Finding Voices, and Articulating Agency (Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland)Part I. Public and Commercial Identities Chapter 1. Pompeian Women and the Making of a Material History (Lauren Hackworth Petersen)Chapter 2. Women’s Work? Investors, Money-Handlers, and Dealers (Molly Swetnam-Burland)Chapter 3. From Household to Workshop: Women, Weaving, and the Peculium (Lauren Caldwell)Chapter 4. Buying Power: The Public Priestesses of Pompeii (Barbara Kellum)Chapter 5. Real Estate for Profit: Julia Felix’s Property and the Forum Frieze (Eve D’Ambra)Part II. Women on Display Chapter 6. Contextualizing the Funerary and Honorific Portrait Statues of Women in Pompeii (Brenda Longfellow)Chapter 7. Portraits and Patrons: The Women of the Villa of the Mysteries in Their Social Context (Elaine K. Gazda)Chapter 8. “What’s in a Name?” Mapping Women’s Names from the Graffiti of Pompeii and Herculaneum (Erika Zimmermann Damer)Chapter 9. The Public and Private Lives of Pompeian Prostitutes (Sarah Levin-Richardson)Part III. Representing Women Chapter 10. Women, Art, Power, and Work in the House of the Chaste Lovers at Pompeii (Jennifer Trimble)Chapter 11. The House of the Triclinium (V.2.4) at Pompeii: The House of a “Courtesan”? (Luciana Jacobelli)Chapter 12. Sex on Display in Pompeii’s Tavern VII.7.18 (Jessica Powers)Chapter 13. Drawings of Women at Pompeii (Margaret L. Laird)Epilogue. The Complexity of Silence (Allison L. C. Emmerson)List of ContributorsBibliographyIndex...
