Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World. - STRONG, Anise K.,
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'With this monograph Anise Strong brings together matronae and meretrices (literally). Rather than simply focusing on the polarized stereotypes of wife and whore, Strong seeks ways in which women of any status defied such fixed categories and labels. Her interest is also the interactions between women of varying rank in the streets, households, and at festivals. By considering the zone between matrona and meretrix, Strong is able to identify changing attitudes and even public roles for women within Roman society and redefine the focus on female virtue as not simply sexual virtue, but a concern for ?loyalty? more generally and ?generosity? more broadly (205). Most importantly, she suggests a less stable and coherent system of sex and gender at play in ancient Rome, and argues that prostitutes in particular were not as stigmatized as the literary sources might lead us to believe, but participated in communal activities, including religious ritual, like other female members in the community. (...) To sum up, Str...
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Cambridge (...), 2018. 1st paperback ed. IX,304p. Paperback. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: STRONG, Anise K.,] [Uitgever: Cambridge University Press] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: Prostitutes and Matrons in the Roman World.]
