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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974253203321

Autore

Milnor Kristina

Titolo

Gender, domesticity, and the age of Augustus : inventing private life / / Kristina Milnor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

0191515647

9780191515644

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 360 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford studies in classical literature and gender theory

Disciplina

305.40937

Soggetti

Women - Rome - Social conditions

Women - History - To 500

Sex role - Rome

Households - Rome

Rome Social life and customs

Rome History Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-333) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Reading and Writing Gender on the Augustan Palatine -- 2. Other Men's Wives: Domesticity and Display in Vitruvius' de Architectura -- 3. Women, History, and the Law -- 4. A Domestic Disturbance: Talking About the Triumvirs in the Early Empire -- 5. Natural Urges: Marriage, Philosophy, and the Work of the House -- Epilogue. Burning Down the House: Nero and the End of Julio-Claudian Rule -- References -- Index Locorum -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

In the early Roman Empire, women's domestic roles were given new public prominence. Through an examination of early imperial representations of women's activities and responsibilities within the household, Kristina Milnor argues that this emphasis on private morality is actually a new way of understanding the nature of political life.