Artikel
Gender and Textile Production in Roman Society and Politics
Verfasst von:
Larsson Lovén, Lena
info
in:
Textiles and gender in Antiquity / edited by Mary Harlow, Cécile Michel and Louise Quillien
2022
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125-134 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Ariadne | Wien |
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| Verfasst von: | Larsson Lovén, Lena info |
| In: | Textiles and gender in Antiquity / edited by Mary Harlow, Cécile Michel and Louise Quillien |
| Jahr: | 2022 |
| ISBN: | 1350189731 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Throughout Antiquity the production of textiles was closely coupled to female lives and women’s work. In both Greek, pre-Roman, and Roman societies textile work was a long-lasting symbol of the female sex and of femininity, reflected in various types of ancient sources: literature, historical writing and imagery. The symbolism embraced females from mythology to real women. In this contribution examples from Roman contexts are discussed, with a focus on evidence from the city of Rome, looking at ways in which the concept of the wool-working woman encapsulated the idea of femininity and how it functioned as an emblem for female virtue. It seems entirely positive for a woman to be linked to wool work but, in accordance with gender roles, it worked in the opposite way for men. | |
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