Reading Roman Women

Name: Reading Roman Women
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ISBN: 9780715629819

ISBN-10: 0715629816

ISBN-13: 9780715629819

Edition: 2001

Authors: Suzanne Dixon

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This book presents a range of examples to support the author's argument that our ideas of what we 'know' about women's work, sexuality, commerce and political activity in the Roman world have been shaped by the format, or genre of each ancient source.

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Publication date: 6/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.56" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



List of plates and photo credits


Acknowledgements


Preface



Re-reading: a partial survey of scholarship



Reading the genre



Representations of female sexualities



Rape in Roman law and myth



Woman as symbol of decadence



Womanly weakness in Roman law



Profits and patronage



Women's work: perceptions of public and private



Conclusion: the allure of 'La dolce vita' in ancient Rome



Map: Italy and its surrounds, late Republic/early Empire



Some useful dates



Legal appendix


Notes


Bibliography


Index of ancient sources


General index