Representing Agrippina
Constructions of Female Power in the Early Roman Empire
Seiten
2006
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-518141-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-518141-8 (ISBN)
Provides a fresh look at both the literary and material representations of Agrippina. This study exposes both the contrivances of the commissioned artists whose idealized portraits served to buttress the image of the regime and the contrasting designs of the historians whose rhetorical stereotypes and negative depictions aimed to undermine it.
Agrippina the Younger ranks as one of the most powerful women in the history of the Roman empire. Judith Ginsburg's book provides a fresh look at both the literary and material representations of Agrippina. Her incisive study exposes both the contrivances of the commissioned artists whose idealized portraits served to buttress the image of the regime and the contrasting designs of the historians whose rhetorical stereotypes and negative depictions aimed to undermine it.
Agrippina the Younger ranks as one of the most powerful women in the history of the Roman empire. Judith Ginsburg's book provides a fresh look at both the literary and material representations of Agrippina. Her incisive study exposes both the contrivances of the commissioned artists whose idealized portraits served to buttress the image of the regime and the contrasting designs of the historians whose rhetorical stereotypes and negative depictions aimed to undermine it.
Judith Ginsburg, 1944-2002, was Associate Professor of Classics at Cornell University. Eric S. Gruen is Professor of Classics at the University of California, Berkeley
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.1.2006 |
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Reihe/Serie | Society for Classical Studies American Classical Studies |
Zusatzinfo | 10 halftones, 1 chart |
Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 165 x 242 mm |
Gewicht | 409 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-19-518141-7 / 0195181417 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-518141-8 / 9780195181418 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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