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OverviewElite women in the Roman world were often educated, socially prominent, and even relatively independent. Yet the social regime that ushered these same women into marriage and childbearing at an early age was remarkably restrictive. In the first book-length study of girlhood in the early Roman Empire, Lauren Caldwell investigates the reasons for this paradox. Through an examination of literary, legal, medical, and epigraphic sources, she identifies the social pressures that tended to overwhelm concerns about girls' individual health and well-being. In demonstrating how early marriage was driven by a variety of concerns, including the value placed on premarital virginity and paternal authority, this book enhances an understanding of the position of girls as they made the transition from childhood to womanhood. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lauren Caldwell (Wesleyan University, Connecticut)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.430kg ISBN: 9781107041004ISBN 10: 1107041007 Pages: 196 Publication Date: 15 December 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Roman Girlhood and the Fashioning of Femininity offers a sustained and subtle account of a group only glimpsed fleetingly in the ancient sources.' Eve D'Ambra, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Roman Girlhood and the Fashioning of Femininity offers a sustained and subtle account of a group only glimpsed fleetingly in the ancient sources. Eve D'Ambra, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'Roman Girlhood and the Fashioning of Femininity offers a sustained and subtle account of a group only glimpsed fleetingly in the ancient sources.' Eve D'Ambra, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'Her scholarship is impressive ... This book will be of interest to those engaged more widely in women's studies as well as to those wishing to explore aspects of ancient Roman society in more depth. It is accessible and informative.' Marion Gibbs, Classics For All (www.classicsforall.org.uk) Roman Girlhood and the Fashioning of Femininity offers a sustained and subtle account of a group only glimpsed fleetingly in the ancient sources. Eve D'Ambra, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 'Her scholarship is impressive ... This book will be of interest to those engaged more widely in women's studies as well as to those wishing to explore aspects of ancient Roman society in more depth. It is accessible and informative.' Marion Gibbs, Classics For All (www.classicsforall.org.uk) 'Roman Girlhood and the Fashioning of Femininity offers a sustained and subtle account of a group only glimpsed fleetingly in the ancient sources.' Eve D'Ambra, Bryn Mawr Classical Review Author InformationLauren Caldwell is Assistant Professor of Classical Studies at Wesleyan University, Connecticut. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |