The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii【電子書籍】[ Brenda Longfellow ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A study of women’s lives in the public sphere of the ancient city of Pompeii.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Pompeii’s well-preserved remains provide a unique opportunity for the close study of ancient lives. Drawing on statues, inscriptions, graffiti, wall paintings, and the architecture of tombs, sanctuaries, houses, and public spaces, ＜em＞The Lives and Deaths of Women in Ancient Pompeii＜/em＞ examines the public lives of women in Pompeii. Art historian Brenda Longfellow explores how historical women of all social backgrounds acted in public and exerted agency on behalf of themselves and others, ultimately finding that female initiatives in Pompeii were not only accepted but desired by the community to a greater extent than has previously been recognized.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Longfellow centers her study on a few key womenーincluding the city’s most notable female patron, Eumachiaーand uses them to examine female roles in postmortem commemorations, civic patronage and benefactions, commerce, the priestho．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る