Studying Gender in Classical Antiquity

by Lin Foxhall

Book Overview

This book investigates how varying practices of gender shaped people's lives and experiences across the societies of ancient Greece and Rome. Exploring how gender was linked with other socio-political characteristics such as wealth, status, age and life-stage, as well as with individual choices, in the very different world of classical antiquity is fascinating in its own right. But later perceptions of ancient literature and art have profoundly influenced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521557399
• ISBN13: 9780521557399
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"