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  • Publisher:
    Edinburgh University Press
    Publication date:
    24 January 2026
    31 December 2023
    ISBN:
    9781399512077
    9781399512053
    9781399512060
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    • Subjects:
    Ancient History, Sociology of Gender, Classical Studies, Sociology
    Series:
    Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity
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    Subjects:
    Ancient History, Sociology of Gender, Classical Studies, Sociology
    Series:
    Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity
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    This volume deploys recent feminist epistemological frameworks to analyze how concepts like knowledge, authority, rationality, objectivity and testimony were constructed in Greece and Rome. The introduction serves as a field guide to feminist epistemological interpretations of classical sources, and the following sixteen chapters treat a variety of genres and time periods, from Greek poetry, tragedy, philosophy, oratory, historiography and material culture to Roman comedy, epic, oratory, letters, law and their reception. By using an intersectional approach to demonstrate how epistemic systems exclude and pathologize the experiences of ancient women and other oppressed groups, these contributions aid in the recovery of non-dominant narratives and reveal issues of sex, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual identity, religion, age, class, familial status and citizenship in the ancient and modern world. The volume contributes to a more inclusive and equitable study of classical antiquity and builds transhistorical connections capable of exposing similar injustices in our own time.

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