Becoming A Woman And Mother In Greco Roman Egypt

Author : Ada Nifosi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351596152

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Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt by Ada Nifosi Pdf

How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women’s bodies and how did it acknowledge women’s reproductive functions? Detailing women’s lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of age, social and religious taboos of menstruation and birth rituals. It investigates medical, legal and religious aspects of women's reproduction, using both historical and archaeological sources, and shows how the social status of women and new-born children changed from the Dynastic to the Greco-Roman period. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary study of the historical sources, papyri, artefacts and archaeological evidence, Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt shows how Greek, Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern cultures impacted on the social perception of female puberty, childbirth and menstruation in Greco-Roman Egypt from the 3rd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D.

Author : Ada Nifosì
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1315103796

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Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt by Ada Nifosì Pdf

Author : ADA. NIFOSI
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367731827

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Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt by ADA. NIFOSI Pdf

How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women's bodies and how did it acknowledge women's reproductive functions? Detailing women's lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of age, social and religious taboos of menstruation and birth rituals. It investigates medical, legal and religious aspects of women's reproduction, using both historical and archaeological sources, and shows how the social status of women and new-born children changed from the Dynastic to the Greco-Roman period. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary study of the historical sources, papyri, artefacts and archaeological evidence, Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt shows how Greek, Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern cultures impacted on the social perception of female puberty, childbirth and menstruation in Greco-Roman Egypt from the 3rd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D.

Author : Ada Nifosi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351596145

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Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt by Ada Nifosi Pdf

How did Greco-Roman Egyptian society perceive women’s bodies and how did it acknowledge women’s reproductive functions? Detailing women’s lives in Greco-Roman Egypt this monograph examines understudied aspects of women's lives such as their coming of age, social and religious taboos of menstruation and birth rituals. It investigates medical, legal and religious aspects of women's reproduction, using both historical and archaeological sources, and shows how the social status of women and new-born children changed from the Dynastic to the Greco-Roman period. Through a comparative and interdisciplinary study of the historical sources, papyri, artefacts and archaeological evidence, Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt shows how Greek, Roman, Jewish and Near Eastern cultures impacted on the social perception of female puberty, childbirth and menstruation in Greco-Roman Egypt from the 3rd century B.C. to the 3rd century A.D.

Author : Jane Rowlandson,Roger S. Bagnall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1998-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521588154

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Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt by Jane Rowlandson,Roger S. Bagnall Pdf

The period of Egyptian history from its rule by the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty to its incorporation into the Roman and Byzantine empires has left a wealth of evidence for the lives of ordinary men and women. Texts (often personal letters) written on papyrus and other materials, objects of everyday use and funerary portraits have survived from the Graeco-Roman period of Egyptian history. But much of this unparalleled resource has been available only to specialists because of the difficulty of reading and interpreting it. Now eleven leading scholars in this field have collaborated to make available to students and other non-specialists a selection of over three hundred texts translated from Greek and Egyptian, as well as more than fifty illustrations, documenting the lives of women within this society, from queens to priestesses, property-owners to slave-girls, from birth through motherhood to death. Each item is accompanied by full explanatory notes and bibliographical references.

Author : Jane Rowlandson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Egypt
ISBN : OCLC:1391898064

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Women and Society in Greek and Roman Egypt by Jane Rowlandson Pdf

Author : Anna Lucille Boozer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108830928

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At Home in Roman Egypt by Anna Lucille Boozer Pdf

This book draws together a wide range of evidence across disciplines to show how the ordinary people of Roman Egypt experienced and enacted change.

Author : Leslie T. Chang
Publisher : Random House
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780525509219

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Egyptian Made by Leslie T. Chang Pdf

An incisive exploration of women and work, showing how globalization’s promise of liberation instead set the stage for repression—from the acclaimed author of Factory Girls “Exhaustively reported and researched, Egyptian Made takes us halfway across the world and inside the intimate lives of women caught between tradition and independence.”—Monica Potts, New York Times bestselling author of The Forgotten Girls What happens to the women who choose to work in a country struggling to reconcile a traditional culture with the demands of globalization? In this sharply drawn portrait of Egyptian society—deepened by two years of immersive reporting—Leslie T. Chang follows three women as they persevere in a country that throws up obstacles to their progress at every step, from dramatic swings in economic policy to conservative marriage expectations and a failing education system. Working in Egypt’s centuries-old textile industry, Riham is a shrewd businesswoman who nevertheless struggles to attract workers to her garment factory and to compete in the global marketplace. Rania, who works on a factory assembly line, attempts to climb to a management rank but is held back by conflicts with co-workers and the humiliation of an unhappy marriage. Her colleague Doaa, meanwhile, pursues an education and independence but sacrifices access to her own children in order to get a divorce. Alongside these stories, Chang shares her own experiences living and working in Egypt for five years, seeing through her own eyes the risks and prejudices that working women continue to face. She also weaves in the history of Egypt’s vaunted textile industry, its colonization and independence, a century of political upheaval, and the history of Islam in Egypt, all of which shaped the country as it is today and the choices available to Riham, Rania, and Doaa. Following each woman’s story from home and work, Chang powerfully observes the near-impossible balancing act that Egyptian women strike every day.

Author : Roger Bagnall,Raffaella Cribiore
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780472036226

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Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 by Roger Bagnall,Raffaella Cribiore Pdf

The private letters of ancient women in Egypt from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest

Author : Ronnie Ancona,Georgia Tsouvala
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190937638

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New Directions in the Study of Women in the Greco-Roman World by Ronnie Ancona,Georgia Tsouvala Pdf

"Through a set of original essays, this volume showcases new directions in the well-established field of the study of women in Greco-Roman antiquity. Sarah Pomeroy's groundbreaking Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves (1975) introduced scholars, students, and general readers to a new area of inquiry. Building upon and moving beyond that seminal work, the contributions to this volume together represent a next step in this interdisciplinary field. Contributors, all of whom have been influenced directly or indirectly by Pomeroy's Goddesses and other work, include scholars with training in the study of history, literature, law, art, medicine, epigraphy, papyrology, and archaeology. Covering a wide range of time periods and utilizing a variety of approaches, the essays will help readers to see women in antiquity with new eyes and to view anew issues related to women today"--

Author : Terry G. Wilfong
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 0472066129

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Women of Jeme by Terry G. Wilfong Pdf

Brings to life the women of Jeme, a thriving Christian community in ancient Egypt

Author : Dana Cooper,Claire Phelan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9783319489025

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Motherhood in Antiquity by Dana Cooper,Claire Phelan Pdf

This edited collection examines concepts and realities of motherhood in the ancient world. The collection uses essays on the Roman Empire, Mesoamerica, the Philippines, Egypt, and India to emphasize the concept of motherhood as a worldwide phenomenon and experience. While covering a wide geographical range, the editors arranged the collection thematically to explore themes including the relationship between the mother, particularly ruling mothers, and children and the mother in real life and legend. Some essays explore related issues, such as adaptation and child custody after divorce in ancient Egypt and the mother in religious culture of late antiquity and the ancient Buddhist Indian world. The contributors utilize a variety of methodologies and approaches including textual analysis and archaeological analysis in addition to traditional historical methodology.

Author : Sarah B. Pomeroy
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0814322301

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Women in Hellenistic Egypt by Sarah B. Pomeroy Pdf

Using evidence from a wide array of sources, Sarah Pomeroy discusses women ranging from queens such as Arsinoë II and Cleopatra VII to Jewish slaves working on a Greek estate.

Author : Mary R. Lefkowitz,Maureen B. Fant
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 0801844754

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Women's Life in Greece & Rome by Mary R. Lefkowitz,Maureen B. Fant Pdf

This highly acclaimed collection provides a unique look into the public and private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes-from wet nurses, prostitutes, and gladiatrixes to poets, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. The third edition adds new texts to sections throughout the book, vividly describing women's sentiments and circumstances through readings on love, bereavement, and friendship, as well as property rights, breast cancer, female circumcision, and women's roles in ancient religions, including Christianity and pagan cults.

Author : Andrew Jack
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780190293369

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Inside Putin's Russia by Andrew Jack Pdf

Written by Andrew Jack, the Moscow Bureau Chief of the Financial Times, here is a revealing look at the meteoric rise of Vladimir Putin and his first term as president of Russia. Drawing on interviews with Putin himself, and with a number of the country's leading figures, as well as many ordinary Russians, Jack describes how the former KGB official emerged from the shadows of the Soviet secret police and lowly government jobs to become the most powerful man in Russia. The author shows how Putin has defied domestic and foreign expectations, presiding over a period of strong economic growth, significant restructuring, and rising international prestige. Yet Putin himself remains a man of mystery and contradictions. Personally, he is the opposite of Boris Yeltsin. A former judo champion, he is abstemious, healthy, and energetic, but also evasive, secretive, and cautious. Politically, he has pursued a predominantly pro-western foreign policy and liberal economic reforms, but has pursued a hardline war in Chechnya and introduced tighter controls over parliament and the media and his opponents, moves which are reminiscent of the Soviet era. Through it all, Putin has united Russian society and maintained extraordinarily high popularity. Jack concludes that Putin's "liberal authoritarianism" may be unpalatable to the West, but is probably the best that Russia can do at this point in her history. Inside Putin's Russia digs behind the rumors and speculation, illuminating Putin's character and the changing nature of the Russia he rules. Andrew Jack sheds light on Putin's thinking, style and effectiveness as president. With Putin's second term just beginning, this invaluable book offers important insights for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of Russia.