Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies
|
Not currently available
Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,157
Discovery Miles 11 570
|
|
Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD 800 (Paperback)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
When historians study the women of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman
antiquity, they are generally dependent on ancient literature
written by men. But women themselves did write and dictate. And
only in their own private letters can we discover unmediated
expression of their authentic experiences. More than three hundred
letters written in Greek and Egyptian by women in Egypt in the
millennium from Alexander the Great to the Arab conquest survive on
papyrus and pottery. These letters were written by women from
various walks of life and shed light on critical social aspects of
life in Egypt after the pharaohs. Roger S. Bagnall and Raffaella
Cribiore collect the best preserved of these letters in translation
and set them in their paleographic, linguistic, social, and
economic contexts. As a result, Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt,
300 BC-AD 800, provides a sense that these women's habits,
interests, and means of expression were a product more of their
social and economic standing than of specifically gender-related
concerns or behavior. Women's Letters from Ancient Egypt, 300 BC-AD
800, takes the reader through theoretical discussions about the
handwriting and language of the letters, the education and culture
of the writers, and the writers' everyday concerns and occupations,
as well as comparing these letters to similar letters from later
historical periods. For each letter, discussion focuses on
handwriting, language, and content; in addition, numerous
illustrations help the reader to see the variety of handwritings.
Most of this material has never been available in English
translation before, and the letters have never previously been
considered as a single body of material.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.