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Parca, Maryline & Angeliki Tzanetou (Eds. )

FINDING PERSEPHONE Women's Rituals in the Ancient Mediterranean Near Fine

Indiana University Press, 2007

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Year of publication
2007
Author
Parca, Maryline & Angeliki Tzanetou (Eds. )
Publishers
Indiana University Press
Keyword
Paganism Rites & Ceremonies Women's Studies
Cover description
Near Fine
Binding description
Softcover ISBN 0253219388

Description

Very faint shelfwear. ; Studies in Ancient Folklore and Popular Culture; 344 pages; Drawing upon the latest research in gender studies, history of religion, feminism, ritual theory, performance, anthropology, archaeology, and art history, Finding Persephone 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