Images of woman and child from the Bronze Age : reconsidering fertility, maternity, and gender in the ancient world /
"This book is a study of the woman-and-child motif as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean, focusing on Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran, Cyprus, and the Aegean. Rather than being a universal symbol of maternity, or a depiction of a mother goddess, the woman-and-chi...
| Основен автор: | Budin, Stephanie Lynn, 1969- |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
|
| Предмети: |
| Резюме: |
"This book is a study of the woman-and-child motif as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean, focusing on Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran, Cyprus, and the Aegean. Rather than being a universal symbol of maternity, or a depiction of a mother goddess, the woman-and-child motif, called by the technical name kourotrophos, was relatively rare in comparison wtih other images of women in antiquity, and served a number of different symbolic functions, ranging from honoring the king of Egypt to giving extra oomph to magical spells"-- |
|---|---|
| Физически характеристики: |
x, 384 : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pp. 349-378) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780521193047 (hardback) |