In:
Gender & History, Wiley, Vol. 9, No. 3 ( 1997-11), p. 529-541
Abstract:
Augustus claimed that the moral decay of the Roman Republic was especially due to Roman women who had forsaken their traditional role of custos domi (‘preserver of the house/hold’). In reforming feminine morality, Augustus created a new pictorial language that troped the feminine body as a ‘moral sign’ of civic morality and authorized a distinctive costume for women. Sebesta investigates the relationship between women’s garments, the female body and the Roman concept of feminine civic morality.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0953-5233
,
1468-0424
DOI:
10.1111/gend.1997.9.issue-3
DOI:
10.1111/1468-0424.00074
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
1997
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1475460-5
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1047454-7
SSG:
8
SSG:
3,4
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