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Landscapes, gender, and ritual space [[electronic resource] ] : the ancient Greek experience / / Susan Guettel Cole



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Autore: Cole Susan Guettel Visualizza persona
Titolo: Landscapes, gender, and ritual space [[electronic resource] ] : the ancient Greek experience / / Susan Guettel Cole Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, 2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
Disciplina: 292.3/5
Soggetto topico: Women - Religious life - Greece - History
Sacred space - Greece - History
Artemis (Greek deity) - Cult
Soggetto geografico: Greece Religion
Soggetto non controllato: ancient history
ancient law
anthropology
antiquity
arete
artemis
athenian democracy
city states
community
competition
family
female body
feminism
fertility
folk religion
folklore
gender difference
gender roles
gender
greece
greek ritual
greeks
hubris
law
legal system
masculinity
mythology
nonfiction
polic
pollution
purity
religion
reproduction
rite
ritual
sacred space
sexuality
social body
tradition
violence
women
womens rituals
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-265) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Claiming a Homeland -- 2. Ritual Space -- 3. Inventing the Center -- 4. The Ritual Body -- 5. The Plague of Infertility -- 6. Landscapes of Artemis -- 7. Domesticating Artemis -- Glossary of Greek Terms -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The division of land and consolidation of territory that created the Greek polis also divided sacred from productive space, sharpened distinctions between purity and pollution, and created a ritual system premised on gender difference. Regional sanctuaries ameliorated competition between city-states, publicized the results of competitive rituals for males, and encouraged judicial alternatives to violence. Female ritual efforts, focused on reproduction and the health of the family, are less visible, but, as this provocative study shows, no less significant. Taking a fresh look at the epigraphical evidence for Greek ritual practice in the context of recent studies of landscape and political organization, Susan Guettel Cole illuminates the profoundly gendered nature of Greek cult practice and explains the connections between female rituals and the integrity of the community. In a rich integration of ancient sources and current theory, Cole brings together the complex evidence for Greek ritual practice. She discusses relevant medical and philosophical theories about the female body; considers Greek ideas about purity, pollution, and ritual purification; and examines the cult of Artemis in detail. Her nuanced study demonstrates the social contribution of women's rituals to the sustenance of the polis and the identity of its people.
Titolo autorizzato: Landscapes, gender, and ritual space  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-92932-2
9786612356933
1-282-35693-3
1-59734-699-3
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783388703321
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