The Gendered Deep History of the Bona Dea Cult

The article offers an overview of the cult of Bona Dea in light of the gendered social framework of ancient Roman society. Intrasexual competition and patriarchal, institutionalized sociodicy are taken into account, respectively, as ultimate and proximate explanations of the Bona Dea mythography. Th...

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Main Author: Ambasciano, Leonardo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. [2016]
In: Journal of Cognitive Historiography
Year: 2016, Volume: 3, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 134-156
Further subjects:B Ancient History
B sociodicy
B androcentrism
B Cognitive Historiography
B sex and gender studies
B Bona Dea
B Roman Religion
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