Motherhood and Infancies in the Mediterranean in Antiquity
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- ISBN 9781789250381
- Dimensions: 170 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 12 Sep 2018
- Publisher: Oxbow Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Motherhood and childhood are social and cultural constructions that have their origins in prehistoric times and are visible through Greek and Roman discourses in Antiquity. This volume explores various images of maternity and infancy, and the identification of women and womanhood in prehistoric and classic societies. Aspects such as the crucial role of maintenance activities and care, the processes of socialization and learning, the impact of infant death, the figure of the mother queen, the religious discourses about motherhood, the rules on parental rights, the transgressions of traditional motherhood and the emotional aspects of the mother-child relation are analysed. The book covers the ancient Mediterranean area, from Mesopotamia to the Iberian Peninsula and from prehistoric communities to classic societies, with Mesopotamian, Phoenician and Iberian examples. A multidisciplinary approach is adopted, analysing material culture, representations and texts to gain a deeper understanding of the plurality of motherhood, and the diversity of women’s agency through history.
Margarita Sánchez Romero is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology at the University of Granada, Spain. Her main research area is archaeology of women and gender relations focusing her analysis on the study of the body, material culture and maintenance activities, and the archaeology of children and childhood, taking into account process of learning and socialization. Rosa Cid is a Professor in Ancient History at the University of Oviedo. Her research has been centered in Women and Gender´s History of Antiquity during Roman times especially focused in the study of the motherhood and the mothers, the discourse religious and the feminine, and the power of the women of the family imperial.
