Olson Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-39252-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 214 Seiten

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

Acknowledgments

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One: Tunic and Toga

Chapter Two: Other Aspects of Costume

Chapter Three: Poverty, Mourning, and Sordes

Chapter Four: Clothing and Status

Chapter Five: Effeminacy and the Dandy: Class and Sexuality

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kelly Olson is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.