{"product_id":"finding-persephone-womens-rituals-in-the-ancient-mediterranean-paperback-softback-9780253219381","title":"Finding Persephone; Women's Rituals in the Ancient Mediterranean (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253219381","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFinding Persephone\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWomen's Rituals in the Ancient Mediterranean\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMaryline Parca (Edited by), Angeliki Tzanetou (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253219381\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages, 20 b\u0026amp;w photos, 1 figures, 2 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . a good representation of the potential of the study of women's rituals as a medium for relocating women to the center of ancient society from their long relegation at the edge. January 2009\"—Randall S. Howarth, \u003ci\u003eMercyhurst College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[T]his volume has advanced the study of women and men and ritual in the ancient Mediterranean, an area which has rightly entered the mainstream of classical scholarship.\"—\u003ci\u003eClassical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[This] volume spans nearly a millennium of the Greco-Roman world. It offers a snapshot of the best work in a burgeoning subfield. Especially welcome is the fresh attention paid to issues of female agency, local differentiation in cult practices, and the precise literary, material, and socio-political contexts of our evidence. August, 2011\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[T]he scholars who contributed to this volume have done a fine job of initial recovery with careful re-interpretation of their maddeningly fragmentary primary sources. 69.1, 2010\"—\u003ci\u003eWestern Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"As the excellent introduction makes clear, there are good reasons why the study of women and religion is an exciting topic at this time.\"—H. Alan Shapiro, \u003ci\u003eJohns Hopkins University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, \u003ci\u003eFinding Persephone\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the ways in which the religious lives and ritual practices of women in Greek and Roman antiquity helped shape their social and civic identity. Barred from participating in many public arenas, women asserted their presence by performing rituals at festivals and presiding over rites associated with life passages and healing. The essays in this lively and timely volume reveal the central place of women in the religious and ritual practices of the societies of the ancient Mediterranean. Readers interested in religion, women's studies, and classical antiquity will find a unique exploration of the nature and character of women's autonomy within the religious sphere and a full account of women's agency in the public domain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ritual and Gender: Critical PerspectivesAngeliki Tzanetou\u003cbr\u003e Part 2. Sources and Methodology\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Scandal of Women's RitualDeborah Lyons\u003cbr\u003e Part 3. Gender and Agency\u003cbr\u003e 3. Looking for the Images: Representations of Girls' Rituals in Ancient AthensJenifer Neils\u003cbr\u003e 4. Improvising on the Athenian Stage: Women's Ritual Practice in DramaBarbara Goff\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sanctissima femina: Social Categorization and Women's Religious Experience in the Roman RepublicCelia E. Schultz\u003cbr\u003e 6. Threat and Hope: Women's Rituals and Civil War in Roman EpicVassiliki Panoussi\u003cbr\u003e Part 4. Performance\u003cbr\u003e 7. Folk Songs as Ritual Acts: The Case of Work-SongsAndromache Karanika\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Rise of the Demon Womb in Greco-Roman AntiquityChristopher A. Faraone\u003cbr\u003e 9. Thesmophoria and Eleusinian Mysteries: The Fascination of Women's Secret RitualEva Stehle\u003cbr\u003e Part 5. Appropriations and Adaptations\u003cbr\u003e 10. Worshipping Demeter in Ptolemaic and Roman EgyptMaryline Parca\u003cbr\u003e 11. Nuptiarum Sollemnia? Girls' Transition to Marriage in the Roman JuristsLauren Caldwell\u003cbr\u003e 12. Maidens and Manhood in the Worship of Diana at NemiEve D'Ambra\u003cbr\u003e 13. Male Improvisation in the \"Women's Cult\" of Eileithyia on ParosDavid D. Leitao\u003cbr\u003e 14. Early Christian Antipathy toward the Greek \"Women Gods\"Kathy L. Gaca\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52656096903448,"sku":"9780253219381","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/finding-persephone-womens-rituals-in-the-ancient-mediterranean-paperback-softback-9780253219381","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}