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Gender, domesticity, and the age of Augustus : inventing private life /

In the early Roman Empire, women's domestic roles were given new public prominence. Through an examination of early imperial representations of women's activities and responsibilities within the household, Kristina Milnor argues that this emphasis on private morality is actually a new way...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Milnor, Kristina (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Colección:Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reading and writing gender on the Augustan Palatine
  • Other men's wives: domesticity and display in Vitruvius' De Architectura
  • Women, history, and the law
  • Domestic disturbance: talking about the Triumvirs in the early Empire
  • Natural urges: marriage, philosophy, and the work of the house
  • Epilogue: burning down the house: Nero and the end of Julio-Claudian rule.