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Early Christian Dress

Gender, Virtue, and Authority

By: Kristi Upson-Saia

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Early Christian Dress

Gender, Virtue, and Authority

By: Kristi Upson-Saia

Early Christian Dress is the first full-length monograph on the subject of dress in early Christianity. It pays attention to the ways in which dress expressed and shaped Christian identity, the role dress played in Christians’ rivalries with pagan neighbours, and especially to the ways in which notions of gender were culled and revised in the process. Although many scholars have argued that gender in late antiquity was a performed and embodied category, few have paid attention to the ways in which dress and physical appearances were implicated in the understanding of femininity and masculinity. This study addresses that gap, revealing the amount of sartorial work necessary to secure stable gender categories in the worlds of early Imperial pagans and late ancient Christians. This study analyzes several vigorous discussions and debates that arose over Christian women’s dress. It examines how Christians interpreted their dress—especially the dress of female ascetics—as evidence of Christianity’s advanced morality and piety, a morality and piety that was coded "masculine." Yet even Christian leaders who championed ascetic women’s ability to achieve a degree of virility in terms of their virtue and spiritual status were troubled when ascetics’ dress threatened to materially dissolve gender categories, difference, and hierarchies. In the end, the study enables us to gain a broader view of how gender was constructed, perceived, and contested in early Christianity.

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1136655409

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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE)

A Sourcebook

By: Kristi Upson-Saia,Heidi Marx,Jared Secord

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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE)

A Sourcebook

By: Kristi Upson-Saia,Heidi Marx,Jared Secord

This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. It includes a wide-ranging collection of textual sources - many hard to access, and some translated into English for the first time - as well as artistic, material, and scientific evidence. Introductory chapters and accompanying commentary provide substantial context, making the sourcebook accessible to readers at all levels. Readers will come away with a broad sense of the illnesses people in ancient Greece and Rome experienced, the range of healers from whom they sought help, and the various practices they employed to be healthy"--

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Univ of California Press

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0520299728

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Early Christian Dress

Gender, Virtue, and Authority

By: Kristi Upson-Saia

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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE)

A Sourcebook

By: Kristi Upson-Saia

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Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE)

A Sourcebook

By: Kristi Upson-Saia

This sourcebook provides an expansive picture of medicine, health, and healing in ancient Greece and Rome. Covering a wide array of fascinating topics—such as ancient diagnostic practices using the pulse and urine, gynecological theories of women’s illness, treatments involving drugs and surgery, the training and work of physicians, the experiences of patients, and various sites where healing took place—this volume will engage readers interested in the rich history of health and healthcare. The volume brings together textual sources—many hard to access and some translated into English for the first time—as well as artistic, material, and scientific evidence, including: Medical treatises Case studies Artistic works Material artifacts Archaeological evidence Biomedical remains Funerary monuments Miracle narratives Spells and magical recipes With substantial explanation of these varied materials—through background chapters, introductions to the thematic chapters, a timeline, and a glossary—the volume is accessible to a broad audience. Readers will come away with a nuanced understanding of the illnesses people in ancient Greece and Rome experienced, the range of healers from whom they sought help, and the various practices they employed to be healthy.

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Early Christian Dress

Early Christian Dress

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE)

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE)

Early Christian Dress

Early Christian Dress

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE)

Medicine, Health, and Healing in the Ancient Mediterranean (500 BCE–600 CE)

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