Breastfeeding and mothering in antiquity and early Byzantium:

"This volume offers the first comparative, interdisciplinary, and intercultural examination of the lactating woman - biological mother and othermother - in antiquity and early Byzantium. Adopting methodologies and knowledge deriving from a variety of disciplines, the volume's contributors...

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Weitere Verfasser: Kōnstantinu, Staurula 1975- (HerausgeberIn), Skouroumouni-Stavrinou, Aspasia 1972- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2024
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume offers the first comparative, interdisciplinary, and intercultural examination of the lactating woman - biological mother and othermother - in antiquity and early Byzantium. Adopting methodologies and knowledge deriving from a variety of disciplines, the volume's contributors investigate the close interrelationship between a woman and her lactating breasts, as well as the social, ideological, theological, and medical meanings and uses of motherhood, childbirth, and breastfeeding, along with their visual and literary representations. Breastfeeding and the work of mothering are explored through the study of a great variety of sources, mainly works of Greek-speaking cultures, written and visual, anonymous and eponymous, which were mostly produced between the first and the seventh century AD. Due to their multiple interdisciplinary dimensions, ancient and early Byzantine lactating women are approached through three interconnected thematic strands having a twofold focus: society and ideology, medicine and practice, and art and literature. By developing the model of the lactating woman, the volume offers a new analytical framework for understanding a significant part of the still unwritten cultural history of the period. At the same time, the volume significantly contributes to the emerging fields of breast and motherhood studies. The new and significant knowledge generated in the fields of ancient and Byzantine studies may also prove useful for cultural historians in general and other disciplines, such as literary studies, art history, history of medicine, philosophy, theology, sociology, anthropology and gender studies."--
Beschreibung:"Breastfeeding and mothering in antiquity and early Byzantium is an interdisciplnary and wide-ranging edited collection dealing with aspects of breastfeeding and mothering from antiquity to early Byzantium, focusing mainly on the period from the first to the seventh century of our common era."--Preface, page xi
"This book is included in the following book series: Routledge Research in Byzantine Studies."--Publisher's website https://www.routledge.com/Breastfeeding-and-Mothering-in-Antiquity-and-Early-Byzantium/Constantinou-Skouroumouni-Stavrinou/p/book/9781032208756 (viewed May 7, 2024)
"The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com , has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license."-- Verso title page
Beschreibung:xvi, 272 pages illustrations 25 cm
ISBN:9781032208756
1032208759
9781032208763
1032208767

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