Motherhood in Antiquity

Motherhood in Antiquity

Phelan, Claire; Cooper, Dana

Springer International Publishing AG

03/2017

267

Dura

Inglês

9783319489018

15 a 20 dias


Versão ebook 74,99 €

This edited collection examines concepts and realities of motherhood in the ancient world. While covering a wide geographical range, the editors arranged the collection thematically to explore themes including the relationship between the mother, particularly ruling mothers, and children and the mother in real life and legend.
1. Introduction I. Motherhood and Religion 2. I Arose a Mother in Israel:' Motherhood as a Liberating Power in the Biblical Stories of Miriam and Deborah 3. Models of Devotion?: The Rhetoric of Ambivalence and Admonition in Late Antique and Early Christian Discourse on Women and Motherhood 4. Motherhood in the Ancient Indian Buddhist World: A Soteriological Path II. Motherhood and Politics 5. Mother knows Best: Motherhood and Succession in the Seleucid Realm 6. Mamaea's Little Man: Alexander Severus, His Mother, and the Germanic War 7. Jingu: Narratives of Motherhood and Imperial Rule in Early Japan III. Motherhood and Identity 8. Earthly and Divine Mothers in Ancient Egypt 9. Bronze Age Beginnings: The Conceptualization of Motherhood in Prehistoric Europe 10. From Cybele to Artemis: Motherhood and Great Mothers of Ancient Anatolia 11. Motherhood, Personhood, Identity, and Place-making in Ancient Mesoamerica
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