Images of woman and child from the Bronze Age : reconsidering fertility, maternity, and gender in the ancient world / Stephanie Lynn Budin.

  • Budin, Stephanie Lynn
Date:
2011
  • Books

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Description

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Publication/Creation

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Physical description

x, 384 pages : black and white illustrations ; 26 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-378) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Kourotrophic iconography in the ancient near East and Mediterranean: origins and meanings -- Egypt -- The Levant and Anatolia -- Mesopotamia and Iran -- Cyprus -- The Aegean -- Conclusions.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    CBW.AL.AA1
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780521193047
  • 0521193044