A Companion to Women in the Ancient World

Sharon L. James, Sheila Dillon

Wiley, Jan 9, 2012 - Literary Criticism - 656 pages

A COMPANION TO WOMEN IN THE ANCIENT WORLD

A Companion to Women in the Ancient World is the first interdisciplinary, methodologically based collection of readings to address the study of women in the ancient world while weaving textual, visual, and archaeological evidence into its approach. Prominent scholars tackle the myriad problems inherent in the interpretation of the evidence, and consider the biases and interpretive categories inherited from centuries of scholarship. Essays and case studies cover an unprecedented breadth of chronological and geographical range, genres, and themes.

Illuminating and insightful, A Companion to Women in the Ancient World both challenges preconceived notions and paves the way for new directions in research on women in antiquity.

About the author

CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME :

Lindsay Allason-Jones, Rhiannon Ash, Elizabeth Bartman, Anne Bielman, T. Corey Brennan, Elizabeth D. Carney, Cheryl A. Cox, Eve D’Ambra, Marguerite Deslauriers, A. A. Donohue, Cristiana Franco, Amy R. Gansell, Judith P. Hallett, Emily A. Hemelrijk, Madeleine M. Henry, Maura K. Heyn, Lora L. Holland, Vedia Izzet, Sharon L. James, Ioli Kalavrezou, Alison Keith, Ross S. Kraemer, Mireille M. Lee, Barbara Levick, Laura S. Lieber, Maria A. Liston, Rachel Meyers, Jennifer Sheridan Moss, Jenifer Neils, Marianna Nikolaïdou, Maryline Parca, Holt Parker, Werner Riess, Christina Riggs, Christina A. Salowey, Gillian Shepherd, Eva Stehle, Kasia Szpakowska, Lauren Talalay, Kathryn Topper, Monika Trümper.

THE EDITORS

Sharon L. James is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the author of Learned Girls and Male Persuasion: Gender and Reading in Roman Love Elegy (2003) and the forthcoming Women in Greek and Roman New Comedy.

Sheila Dillon is Associate Professor in the Department of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University with a secondary appointment in the Department of Classical Studies. She is the author of Ancient Greek Portrait Sculpture (2006) and The Female Portrait Statue in the Greek World (2010).

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Companion to Women in the Ancient World; Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World
• Editors: Sharon L. James, Sheila Dillon
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Wiley, 2012
• ISBN: 1444354809, 9781444354805
• Length: 656 pages
• Subjects: History / Ancient / General; History / General; Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical