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Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman by Matthew J. Perry (2018, Trade Paperback)

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Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107697638

ISBN-139781107697638

eBay Product ID (ePID)219864536

Product Key Features

Number of Pages279 Pages

Publication NameGender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman

LanguageEnglish

SubjectSlavery, Ancient / General, Ancient / Rome

Publication Year2018

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, History

AuthorMatthew J. Perry

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2013-022246

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'This book is an excellent interdisciplinary answer to a narrow question. It engages with the multiple subfields of Roman slavery studies, gender studies, and legal history.' Anise K. Strong, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal306.3/62082

Table Of Content1. Gender, sexuality, and the standing of female slaves; 2. Gender, labor, and the manumission of female slaves; 3. The patron-freedwoman relationship in Roman law; 4. The patron-freedwoman relationship in funerary inscriptions; 5. The slavish free woman and the citizen community.

SynopsisGender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman examines the distinct problem posed by the manumission of female slaves in ancient Rome. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the manumission process needed to reconcile a woman's experiences as a slave with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen. The figure of the freedwoman--fictionalized and real--provides an extraordinary lens into the matter of how Romans understood, debated, and experienced the sheer magnitude of the transition from slave to citizen, the various social factors that impinged upon this process, and the community stakes in the institution of manumission., This book examines the distinct problem posed by the manumission of female slaves in ancient Rome. The figure of the freedwoman - fictionalized and real - provides an extraordinary lens into the matter of how Romans understood, debated, and experienced the sheer magnitude of the transition from slave to citizen, the various social factors that impinged upon this process, and the community stakes in the institution of manumission., Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman examines the distinct problem posed by the manumission of female slaves in ancient Rome. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the manumission process needed to reconcile a woman's experiences as a slave with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen. The figure of the freedwoman - fictionalized and real - provides an extraordinary lens into the matter of how Romans understood, debated, and experienced the sheer magnitude of the transition from slave to citizen, the various social factors that impinged upon this process, and the community stakes in the institution of manumission.

LC Classification NumberHT863.P47 2014