Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-93293-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 457 g

Reihe: Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies

In Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity, Olson argues that clothing functioned as part of the process of communication by which elite male influence, masculinity, and sexuality were made known and acknowledged, and furthermore that these concepts interconnected in socially significant ways. This volume also sets out the details of masculine dress from literary and artistic evidence and the connection of clothing to rank, status, and ritual. This is the first monograph in English to draw together the myriad evidence for male dress in the Roman world, and examine it as evidence for men’s self-presentation, status, and social convention.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olson, Kelly

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction: Roman clothing

1 Tunic and toga: clothing and rank

2 Other aspects of costume

3 Poverty, mourning, and sordes

4 Clothing and status

5 Class and Sexuality

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kelly Olson is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Her other works include Dress and the Roman Woman (Routledge, 2008).