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Roman girlhood and the fashioning of femininity

Caldwell, Lauren E., author

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\"Elite 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.\"--Publisher's Web site.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: 284-476 / Teenage girls Rome Social conditions. / Manners and customs. / Teenage girls Social conditions. / Elite / Mèadchenbildung / Sozialisation / Eheschliessung / Rome History Empire, 284-476. / Rome Social life and customs. / Rome (Empire) / Rèomisches Reich
• ISBN: 9781107041004, 1107041007

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HQ1136.C34 2015	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE