Women and modesty in late antiquity
"This book offers a fresh approach to some of the most studied documents relating to Christian female asceticism in the Roman era. Focusing on the letters of advice to the women of the noble Anicia family, Kate Wilkinson argues that conventional descriptions of feminine modesty can reveal space...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cambridge University Press
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity (2016) (Greschat, Katharina, 1965 -)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Roman Empire
/ Late Antiquity
/ Christian woman (motif)
/ Modesty
/ Asceticism
/ History
B Church / Woman / Asceticism / Modesty B Late Antiquity / Christian woman (motif) / Asceticism / Modesty |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
Social life and customs
B Feminism History B Women History To 1500 B Modesty Religious aspects Christianity |
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| Summary: | "This book offers a fresh approach to some of the most studied documents relating to Christian female asceticism in the Roman era. Focusing on the letters of advice to the women of the noble Anicia family, Kate Wilkinson argues that conventional descriptions of feminine modesty can reveal spaces of agency and self-formation in early Christian women's lives. She uses comparative data from contemporary ethnographic studies of Muslim, Hindu, and indigenous Pakistani women to draw out the possibilities inherent in codes of modesty. Her analysis also draws on performance studies for close readings of Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome and Pelagius. The book begins by locating itself within the complex terrain of feminist historiography, and then addresses three main modes of modest behavior - dress, domesticity and silence. Finally, it addresses the theme of false modesty and explores women's agency in light of Augustinian and Pelagian conceptions of choice"-- "Goths invaded Rome in 410 AD, and like many aristocratic families, a household of three wealthy, Christian senatorial women fled across the Mediterranean to their land holdings in North Africa. They bore the name Anici, one of the oldest, richest and most respected Roman clans. The family matriarch Proba and her daughter-in-law Juliana, both widows, traveled with Juliana's young daughter Demetrias. Three years later all were publically acknowledged as exemplary Christian ascetics, and their household was a refuge for ascetic Christian women of different ranks"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 162-170 Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Physical Description: | ix, 174 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 1107030277 |