| Description |
xiv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Anne L. McClanan and Karen Rosoff Encarnacion -- Representing Women on Roman Sarcophagi / Janet Huskinson -- "Weapons to Probe the Womb": The Material Culture of Abortion and Contraception in the Early Byzantine Period / Anne L. McClanan -- Myth and Magic in Early Byzantine Marriage Jewelry: The Persistence of Pre-Christian Traditions / Alicia Walker -- Spinning Yarns: Clean Linen and Domestic Values in Late Medieval French Culture / Veronica Sekules -- Insecure Borders: Symbols of Clerical Privilege and Gender Ambiguity in the Liturgy of Churching / Paula M. Rieder -- Relics of a Fertile Heart: The "Autopsy" of Clare of Montefalco / Katharine Park -- Beautiful Brides and Model Mothers: The Devotional and Talismanic Functions of Early Modern Marian Reliefs / Geraldine A. Johnson |
| Summary |
"This interdisciplinary anthology takes as its starting point the belief that, as the grounds of lived experience, material culture provides an exceptionally rewarding avenue of historical access to women's lives, extending beyond the reaches of textual evidence. The subjects of these original essays range from utilitarian tools used in Late Roman abortion to sacred, magical, or ritual objects associated with sex, procreation, and marriage in the Renaissance. Together the essays demonstrate the complex relationship between language and object and explore the ways in which objects become forms of communication in their own right, transmitting both rather specific messages and more generalized social and cultural values."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Women -- History -- To 1500.
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Women -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
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Marriage -- History -- To 1500.
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Material culture -- Social aspects.
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045754
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| Author |
McClanan, Anne L., 1966-
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Encarnación, Karen Rosoff.
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| LC no. |
2001034581 |
| ISBN |
0312240015 : |
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