JOURNAL ARTICLE

Spectatissima Femina: Female Visibility and Religion in Urban Spaces in Republican Rome.

  • Published In: American Journal of Philology, 2024, v. 145, n. 1. P. 41 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Webb, Lewis 3 of 3

Abstract

This article challenges and reevaluates the model of the domesticated, invisible Roman woman, and seeks out the relationships between female visibility, religion, and urban spaces in Republican Rome. I adopt an intersectional approach to female visibility, focusing especially on religious rites, temporality, and on status symbols. I argue that women of various backgrounds used and were visible in numerous urban spaces, drawing on instances of their regular and episodic female religious activity, and on matronal vehicles and mobility privileges. At times, the Urbs was visibly female. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:American Journal of Philology. 2024/03, Vol. 145, Issue 1, p41
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Politics and Government
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0002-9475
  • DOI:10.1353/ajp.2024.a934986
  • Accession Number:179253560
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