State pilgrims and sacred observers in ancient Greece : a study of Theōriā and Theōroi / / Ian Rutherford [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787613303321
• Autore: Rutherford Ian <1959->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-139-89279-7; 1-107-50102-4; 1-107-50642-5; 1-107-51407-X; 1-107-49696-9; 1-107-51686-2; 1-107-50371-X; 1-139-81467-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxviii, 534 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 292.5/1
• Soggetti: Greece Religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 5.3. The Classical period -- ; 6. Oracles -- ; 6.1. More accurate than a carpenter's tools: Theognis' theoros -- ; 6.2. State-consultation of oracles: evidence -- ; 6.3. Terminology -- ; 6.4. Oracle delegates at the sanctuary -- ; 6.5. Protecting against fraud -- ; 7. Conveying offerings -- ; 7.1. Introduction -- ; 7.2. Aparkhai -- ; 7.3. Offerings and oracles -- ; 7.4. Fetching -- ; 7.5. Fire rituals -- ; 8. Theoroi as magistrates -- ; 8.1. Introduction -- ; 8.2. Arcadia -- ; 8.3. Paros and Thasos -- ; 8.4. A problem case: Aegina -- ; 8.5. Other cases -- ; 8.6. Summation -- ; 9. Theoria and viewing -- ; 9.1. Theoria, festival and visuality -- ; 9.2. Intellectual journeys and sightseeing -- ; 10. Participants -- ; 10.1. Composition -- ; 10.2. The arkhitheoroi -- ; 10.3. Who got chosen as theoroi? -- ; 10.4. Other officials -- ; 10.5. Groups within the polis specialising in theoria -- ; 10.6. The escort -- ; 11. The journey -- ; 11.1. The mission begins.; ; 11.2. Sea travel -- ; 11.3. Land travel -- ; 11.4. Dangers of the journey -- ; 11.5. Ekekheiria, spondai, hieromenia -- ; 11.6. The return ; -- ; 12. Performances in the sanctuary -- ; 12.1. Introduction -- ; 12.2. Proxenoi -- ; 12.3. Institutional arrangements and taxes: the Delphic conventions -- ; 12.4. Joint sacrifice -- ; 12.5. Processions -- ; 12.6. The agon -- ; 12.7. Keeping order -- ; 13. Civic theoria: two case studies -- ; 13.1. Theoroi as agents and mediators -- ; 13.2. Funding -- ; 13.3. Political and religious identity -- ; 13.4. The Athenian Puthais: a travelling image of the polis -- ; 13.5. Kos and Delos: celebrating the city at home and abroad -- ; 14. The theoric chorus -- ; 14.1. Introduction -- ; 14.2. Watching the locals perform -- ; 14.3. Bringing a song -- ; 14.4. Other scenarios -- ; 14.5. The Hellenistic period. Professionals and travelling poets -- ; 15. Interstate politics and diplomacy.; ; 15.1. Interstate politics and "ordinary" forms of theoria -- ; 15.2. Theoroi, empires and kingdoms -- ; 15.3. Federations, unions of cities and councils -- ; 15.4. Theoroi and ambassadors -- ; 16. Hellenism, Panhellenism and common sanctuaries -- ; 16.1. The common sanctuaries -- ; 16.2. Theoria and Panhellenic memory in the Hellenistic world -- ; 16.3. The Panhellenion: only authentic Greeks need apply -- ; 16.4. Non-Greeks and theoria -- ; 16.5. Theoria and the origins of Hellenicity -- ; 17. Theoric networks over space and time -- ; 17.1. Introduction -- ; 17.2. Two case studies: Samothrace and Delos -- ; 17.3. Some other cases -- ; 17.4. The shape of theoric systems -- ; 18. The case of Athens -- ; 18.1. Fifth-fourth centuries BC -- ; 18.2. The Hellenistic and Roman periods -- ; 18.3. Embedded rituals: the Puthaistai and Deliastai -- ; 18.4. Special groups -- ; 18.5. Athens as a theoric centre.
• Sommario/riassunto: For at least a thousand years Greek cities took part in religious activities outside their territory by sending sacred delegates to represent them. The delegates are usually called theōroi, literally 'observers', and a delegation made up of theōroi, or the action of taking part in one, is called theōriā. This is the first comprehensive study of theōroi and theōriā. It examines a number of key functions of theōroi and explains who served in this role and what their activities are likely to have been, both on the journey and at the sanctuary. Other chapters discuss the diplomatic functions of theōroi, and what their activities tell us about the origins of the notion of Greek identity and about religious networks. Chapters are also devoted to the reception of the notion of theōriā in Greek philosophy and literature. The book will be essential for all scholars and advanced students of ancient religion.

Cyborg Conception : Cultural and Critical Responses to Solo Motherhood by Choice / / by Grace Halden

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910865286503321
• Autore: Halden Grace <1983->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024
• ISBN: 9783031593864; 3031593863
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2024.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (168 pages)
• Collana: Palgrave pivot
• Disciplina: 304.6/32
• Soggetti: Sex; Culture - Study and teaching; Reproductive health; Gender Studies; Cultural Studies; Reproductive Medicine
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction: Cyborg Conception -- 2. Involuntary Childlessness: Fertility Clinics and the Disadvantaged Solo Mother -- 3. Selfishly Single? Bioethics and the Solo Mother -- 4. Radical or Reckless? Fiction and the Solo Mother -- 5. By Choice: Lived Experience and Memoir -- 6. Conclusion: Choosing to be Solo not Single: Why Language Matters.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book considers the growing popularity of solo motherhood via gamete donation and how this type of “cyborg conception” is narrated in medicine, bioethics, fiction, and memoir. It identifies solo mothers as radical women who exist in a space beyond binarity (male/female dual-rearing dynamic) and heteronormative discourse; solo mothers represent, among other diverse family constructions (such as same-sex couples and throuples), a critical intervention in the dominant narrative of the nuclear family which defines the “ideal” reproductive model. This book combines memoir and scholarly research to present a deeply nuanced and rigorous overview of the solo motherhood phenomenon. Grace Halden is a Senior Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary ; Literature at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK. She specialises in reproductive health, reproductive technologies, assisted reproduction (IUI and IVF), donor conception, and bioethics. Her work is interdisciplinary and sits in the juncture between literary studies and medical humanities. Grace is also a solo mother by choice and a professional member of the Donor Conception Network (DCN). She has won several funding grants for her donor conception work (two funded by the Wellcome Institute) and is published widely in the field. .