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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459688903321

Autore

DuBois Page

Titolo

Centaurs and amazons [[electronic resource] ] : women and the pre-history of the great chain of being / / Page duBois

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 1991, c1982

ISBN

1-282-94022-8

9786612940224

0-472-02154-0

Edizione

[1st pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Women and culture series

Disciplina

938

Soggetti

Amazons

Centaurs

Chain of being (Philosophy)

Women - Greece - History

Electronic books.

Greece Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I. Centaurs and Amazons; II. Centauromachy/Amazonomachy; III. Greeks and Barbarians; IV. Humans and Animals; V. Men and Women; VI. Hierarchy; Conclusion; Index; Illustrations following page 82

Sommario/riassunto

Traces the development of the Greek hierarchical view of life that continues to permeate Western society