Classics & Feminism: Gendering the ClassicsStudies of the impact of modern feminism on the discipline and profession of classics in the United States. Combining a wide-ranging overview of historical and current developments with in-depth analysis and examples, the book has relevance for anyone interested in the role of feminism in the academy. Because the history of classics has been so deeply implicated in androcentric structures of knowledge and patriarchal social patterns, it illustrates with exceptional clarity many issues endemic to academic feminism as a whole. Provides an illuminating analysis of the complex gender performance demanded of academic women as disembodied scholars. Defines and illustrates the distinctive aspects of a feminist approach to scholarship and argues that gender analysis is crucially important in traditionally masculine areas as well as in the study of women. Explains the theoretical and methodological principles developed by feminist classical scholars seeking to recover information about women from scanty and scattered evidence filtered through centuries of patriarchal interpretation. 01 |
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... hand , feminists had not expected such a potent fear that they were somehow " taking over " the APA ; after all , the vast majority of past elections had presented slates of candidates who were all men , mostly drawn from research ...
... hand over her Tyrian people into your hand as a dowry ] , 4.103-4 . It is only now that the Libyan king Iar- bas , her overlord and rejected suitor , prompted by the incursion of another female figure ( Fama ) , can contemptuously ...
... hand , the first words , arma uirumque , " are emphatically masculine , as are his projected foundation of a city and introduction of his gods to Latium , actions that will ultimately lead to the lofty walls of Rome . On the other hand ...
Contents
THE GENDERING OF THE CLASSICS | 1 |
THE GENDERING | 15 |
COMMUNICATING CLASSICS | 119 |
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