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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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 of understanding the nature of political life. The age of Augustus has long been recognized as a time when the Roman state put a new emphasis on 'traditional' feminine domestic ideals, yet at the same time gave real public prominence to certain women in their roles as wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 360 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-333) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780191515644 0191515647 9780199280827 0199280827 1280758236 9781280758232 1429430834 9781429430838 |
| Access: | Access restricted to Ryerson students, faculty and staff. |