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OverviewRoman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture investigates the social symbolism and cultural poetics of dress in the ancient Roman world in the period from 200 BCE-400 CE. Editors Jonathan Edmondson and Alison Keith and the contributors to this volume explore the diffusion of Roman dress protocols at Rome and in the Roman imperial context by looking at Rome's North African provinces in particular, a focus that previous studies have overlooked or dealt with only in passing. Another unique aspect of this collection is that it goes beyond the male elite to address a wider spectrum of Roman society. Chapters deal with such topics as masculine attire, strategies for self-expression for Roman women within a dress code prescribed by a patriarchal culture, and the complex dynamics of dress in imperial Roman culture, both literary and artistic. This volume further investigates the literary, legal, and iconographic evidence to provide anthropologically-informed readings of Roman clothing. This collection of original essays employs a range of methodological approaches - historical, literary critical, philological, art historical, sociological and anthropological - to offer a thorough discussion of one of the most central issues in Roman culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jonathan Edmondson , Alison KeithPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Volume: 46 Dimensions: Width: 16.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.70cm Weight: 0.900kg ISBN: 9780802093196ISBN 10: 0802093191 Pages: 440 Publication Date: 07 May 2008 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJonathan Edmondson is professor of History and Classical Studies in the Department of History at York University. Alison Keith is professor of Classics and Women's Studies in the Department of Classics at the University of Toronto. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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