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Motherhood in Antiquity

Motherhood in Antiquity

Hardcover

Literary CriticismAncient History GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN10: 3319489011
ISBN13: 9783319489018
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Mar 16 2017
Pages: 267
Weight: 1.08
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

This edited collection examines concepts and realities of motherhood in the ancient world. The collection uses essays on the Roman Empire, Mesoamerica, the Philippines, Egypt, and India to emphasize the concept of motherhood as a worldwide phenomenon and experience. While covering a wide geographical range, the editors arranged the collection thematically to explore themes including the relationship between the mother, particularly ruling mothers, and children and the mother in real life and legend. Some essays explore related issues, such as adaptation and child custody after divorce in ancient Egypt and the mother in religious culture of late antiquity and the ancient Buddhist Indian world. The contributors utilize a variety of methodologies and approaches including textual analysis and archaeological analysis in addition to traditional historical methodology.

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