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Gender, manumission, and the Roman freedwoman /

Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman examines the distinct problem posed by the manumission of female slaves in ancient Rome. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Perry, Matthew J., 1973-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Gender, sexuality, and the standing of female slaves
  • Gender, labor, and the manumission of female slaves
  • The patron-freedwoman relationship in Roman law
  • The patron-freedwoman relationship in funerary inscriptions
  • The slavish free woman and the citizen community.