Engendering Rome

Women in Latin Epic
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-521-55621-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 161 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 182 g

Reihe: Roman Literature and its Contexts

Heroism has long been recognised by readers and critics of Roman epic as a central theme of the genre from Virgil and Ovid to Lucan and Statius. However the crucial role female characters play in the constitution and negotiation of the heroism on display in epic has received scant attention in the critical literature. This study represents an attempt to restore female characters to visibility in Roman epic and to examine the discursive operations that effect their marginalisation within both the genre and the critical tradition it has given rise to. The five chapters can be read either as self-contained essays or as a cumulative exploration of the gender dynamics of the Roman epic tradition. The issues addressed are of interest not just to classicists but also to students of gender studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keith, A. M.

Keith, Alison

Feeney, D. C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: gender and genre; 2. Epic and education: the construction of Roman masculinity; 3. The ground of representation; 4. Exordia pugnae: engendering war; 5. Over her dead body; 6. Epilogue.