Ada Nifosi

Becoming a Woman and Mother in Greco-Roman Egypt

Women's Bodies, Society and Domestic Space

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9781138099852
• ISBN-10: 1138099856
• Artikelnr.: 55116972

Autorenporträt

Ada Nifosi gained a BA in Classical Archaeology at the University of Padua, Italy, and an MA and MPhil in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Bologna, Italy. She was awarded her PhD at the University of Kent, UK, where she is now a Lecturer in Ancient History.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Women's social status in Greco-Roman Egypt
2. The role of midwives in Dynastic and Greco-Roman Egypt
3. Childbirth and domestic cults in Greco-Roman Egypt
4. The liminal status of the unborn and the newborn child in Greco-Roman Egypt
5. Pollution and purification in women's reproduction
6. Childbirth, menstruation and domestic space in Greco-Roman Egypt
7. Conclusions