Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107040310
ISBN-13
9781107040311
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 31st, 2013
Print length
275 Pages
Weight
52 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.50 x 2.20 cms
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This book explores the institution of manumission - the freeing of slaves - in ancient Rome.
Gender, Manumission, and the Roman Freedwoman examines the distinct problem posed by the manumission of female slaves in ancient Rome. The sexual identities of a female slave and a female citizen were fundamentally incompatible, as the former was principally defined by her sexual availability and the latter by her sexual integrity. Accordingly, those evaluating the manumission process needed to reconcile a woman''s experiences as a slave with the expectations and moral rigor required of the female citizen. The figure of the freedwoman - fictionalized and real - provides an extraordinary lens into the matter of how Romans understood, debated, and experienced the sheer magnitude of the transition from slave to citizen, the various social factors that impinged upon this process, and the community stakes in the institution of manumission.
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