Budin Stephanie Lynn - Women in Antiquity

WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY

Women in Antiquity is an extremely useful compilation which is intended to be, without doubt, a reference book for all those with an interest in well-written ancient history spanning all its complexity, a must that cannot go missing from any library.

Agns Garcia-Ventura, Universit degli Studi di Roma, Italy

This volume gathers brand new essays from some of the most respected scholars of ancient history, archaeology and physical anthropology to create an engaging overview of the lives of women in antiquity. The book is divided into ten sections, nine focusing on a particular area, and also includes almost 200 images, maps and charts. The sections cover Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, the Levant, the Aegean, Italy and Western Europe, and include many lesser-known cultures such as the celts, Iberia, Carthage, the Black Sea region and Scandinavia. Womens experiences are explored, from ordinary daily life to religious ritual and practice, to motherhood, legal rights, sex, and building a career. Forensic evidence is also treated for the actual bodies of ancient women.

Women in Antiquity is edited by two experts in the field and is an invaluable resource to students of the ancient world, gender studies and womens roles throughout history.

Stephanie Lynn Budin is an ancient historian who focuses on ancient Greece and the Near East. Her published works include Artemis (Routledge, 2015), Images of Woman and Child from the Bronze Age (2011), The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity (2008) and The Origin of Aphrodite (2003), as well as numerous articles on ancient religion and iconography. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and bunnies.

Jean MacIntosh Turfa received her PhD in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology and Latin from Bryn Mawr College, USA. She was a consultant for the Kyle M. Phillips Etruscan Gallery of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, where she is currently a Consulting Scholar.

Rewriting Antiquity

Rewriting Antiquity provides a platform to examine major themes of the ancient world in a broad, holistic and inclusive fashion. Coverage is broad both in time and space, allowing a full appreciation of the selected topic rather than an exclusive view bound by a relatively short timescale and place. Each volume examines a key theme from the Ancient Near East to Late Antiquity, and often beyond, to break down the boundaries habitually created by focusing on one region or time period.

Volumes within the series highlight the latest research, current developments and innovative approaches, situating this with existing scholarship. Individual case studies and analysis held within sections build to form a comprehensive and comparative overview of the subject enabling readers to view matters in the round and establish interconnections and resonance across a wide spectrum. In this way the volumes allow new directions of study to be defined and provide differing perspectives to stimulate fresh approaches to the theme examined.

Available:
Sex in Antiquity
Mark Masterson, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, James Robson

Forthcoming:
Childhood in Antiquity
Lesley Beaumont, Matthew Dillon, Nicola Harrington

Globalisation in Antiquity
Konstantin Vlassopoulos

Disability in Antiquity
Christian Laes

Women in Antiquity
Stephanie Lynn Budin and Jean MacIntosh Turfa

WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY

Real women across the Ancient World

Edited by Stephanie Lynn Budin and
Jean MacIntosh Turfa

First published 2016
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2016 Stephanie Lynn Budin and Jean MacIntosh Turfa

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ISBN: 978-1-138-80836-2 (hbk
ISBN: 978-1-315-62142-5 (ebk)

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