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Staples, Ariadne

FROM GOOD GODDESS TO VESTAL VIRGINS Sex and Category in Roman Religion Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

Routledge, 1998

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Year of publication
1998
Author
Staples, Ariadne
Publishers
Routledge
Keyword
Rome Social History Women's Studies Religion & Spirituality, Religious Studies Women Spirituality Greek & Roman Mythology
Cover description
Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Binding description
Hardcover ISBN 0415132339

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Very minor edgewear to top corners of DJ else Fine. ; 0.79 x 8.43 x 5.67 Inches; 207 pages; The role of women in Roman culture and society was a paradoxical one. They enjoyed social, material and financial independence yet they were denied basic constitutional rights. Although Roman history is not short of powerful female figures, such as Agrippina and Livia, their power stemmed from their associations with great men and was not officially recognized. Ariadne Staples' book examines how women in Rome were perceived both by themselves and by men through women's participation in Roman religion, as Roman religious ritual provided the single public arena where women played a significant formal role. From Good Goddess to Vestal Virgins argues that the ritual roles played out by women were vital in defining them sexually and that these sexually defined categories spilled over into other aspects of Roman culture, including political activity. Staples provides an arresting and original analysis of the role of women in Roman society, which challenges traditionally held views and provokes further questions.