Diotima

Women in Antiquity: CLAS 330/HUM 330/WS 330 (3 units)
Presession, Summer 1995: Monday, May 15 - Saturday, June 3
9:00 -11:50 AM MTWTHF ML 312
Instructor: Marilyn B. Skinner (mskinner@ccit.arizona.edu)

Books on Reserve for Book Reports

The following books have been placed on reserve at the desk in the current periodicals room of the main library. All are on seven-day reserve. You may select any one of these books to report on. Since the number of books is limited, and there are a large number of students enrolled in this course, do not wait until the last minute to do your report assignment. Your chances of getting a book that interests you are better if you start the assignment early.

DG 91.B3 1975: Balsdon, Roman Women.
Published before the contemporary women's movement. Witty and easy to read, but I would expect a careful critique of the author's assumptions.

DG78 B37 1993: Barton, Sorrows of the Ancient Romans.
Not a book on ancient woman, but rather on the Roman cultural ideology of the gladiator. Sheds interesting light on the political and sexual aspects of Roman masculinity.

HQ 1136.B38 1992: Bauman, Women and Politics in Ancient Rome.
Political activities of elite women.

HQ 76.2R6 C3613 1992: Cantarella, Bisexuality in the Ancient World.
General survey of the evidence.

HQ 1134.C3513: Cantarella, Pandora's Daughters.
Status of women in the ancient world.

HQ 1134.D36 1994: Demand, Birth, Death and Motherhood in Classical Greece.
Medical and social aspects of childbearing and motherhood in antiquity.

HQ 511.D59 1992: Dixon, The Roman Family.
Standard work on Roman family relations and family ideology.

HQ 759.D59 1988: Dixon, The Roman Mother.
Standard work on the social construction of Roman motherhood.

DF 93.D8: DuBois, Centaurs and Amazons.
Cultural meanings of those mythic emblems. Not an easy read, but challenging.

HQ 1136.G37 1986: Gardner, Women in Roman Law and Society.
The standard work on Roman women's legal position.

GN 803.G55 1982: Gimbutas, Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe.
Evidence for the cult of the mother-goddess and her son-consort in stone age Europe. Needs critical attitude--approach has been questioned.

HQ792.G73 G65 1990: Golden, Children and Childhood in Classical Athens.
This is not strictly a book on ancient women, but anyone interested in the history of childhood will find it fascinating.

HQ 1134.J87 1989: Just, Women in Athenian Law and Life.
Considers the status of women in Athens from a legal and ideological perspective.

HQ 1134.K48 1985: Keuls, The Reign of the Phallus.
Fifth-century B.C. Athens as a "phallocracy." Relies heavily on vase paintings; some are X-rated.

BL 625.7K73 1992: Kraemer, Her Share of the Blessings.
Religious belief and practice among pagan, Jewish and Christian women.

HQ 510.L3: Lacey, The Family in Classical Greece.
Still the standard work on all aspects of Greek family relations and the organization of the household.

PA 3016.W7 L4 1981b: Lefkowitz, Heroines and Hysterics.
Those interested in ancient medicine will find her second chapter quite intriguing. Well-written, easily understood.

BL 795.W6L44 1986B: Lefkowitz, Women in Greek Myth.
Attempts to explain away supposed "misogynistic" aspects of myth. This author is politically conservative.

HQ 1127.L4 1986: Lerner, The Creation of Patriarchy.
Traces the social origins of patriarchal culture.

PA 3136.L6713 l987: Loraux, Tragic Ways of Killing a Woman.
Deaths of women as represented in Greek tragedy.

HQ 1137.E3P65 1984: Pomeroy, Women in Hellenistic Egypt.
Standard treatment of women's lives in Egypt in this era.

HQ 1137.E3 R63 1993b: Robins, Gay. Women in Ancient Egypt.
A comprehensive, accessible survey of evidence for the lives of ancient Egyptian women prior to the conquest of Alexander.

HQ 13.R6813 1988: Rousselle, Porneia.
Ancient male and female attitudes toward the body and health. Difficult.

HQ 1134.S3: Schaps, Economic Rights of Women in Ancient Greece.
Study of women's legal position.

PA 3074.S77 1993: Strauss, Fathers and Sons in Athens.
Cultural notions of fatherhood and father-son relations.

PA 3067.S69 1989: Snyder, The Woman and the Lyre.
Women writers in ancient Greece and Rome.