Editors:
- Covers a wide geographic range from Byzantium to Mesoamerica to India
- Utilizes a wide range of methodologies and analytical approaches
- Includes contributions from experts in women's history
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Motherhood and Religion
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Front Matter
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Motherhood and Identity
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Back Matter
About this book
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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Editors and Affiliations
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Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, USA
Dana Cooper
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University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, USA
Claire Phelan
About the editors
Dana Cooper is Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University, USA.
Claire Phelan is an Associate Professor at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, USA. She regularly teaches courses on women's history and presents on issues relating to gender at professional conferences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Motherhood in Antiquity
Editors: Dana Cooper, Claire Phelan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48902-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48901-8Published: 16 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84042-0Published: 07 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48902-5Published: 07 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 267
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Ancient History, Classical Studies, Social History, Religion and Gender, Gender Studies