{"product_id":"womens-lives-womens-voices-brenda-longfellow-9781477323588","title":"Women's Lives, Women's Voices: Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples","description":"\u003cp\u003eLiterary evidence is often silent about the lives of women in antiquity, particularly those from the buried cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Even when women are considered, they are often seen through the lens of their male counterparts. In this collection, Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland have gathered an outstanding group of scholars to give voice to both the elite and ordinary women living on the Bay of Naples before the eruption of Vesuvius.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing visual, architectural, archaeological, and epigraphic evidence, the authors consider how women in the region interacted with their communities through family relationships, businesses, and religious practices, in ways that could complement or complicate their primary social roles as mothers, daughters, and wives. They explore women-run businesses from weaving and innkeeping to prostitution, consider representations of women in portraits and graffiti, and examine how women expressed their identities in the funerary realm. Providing a new model for studying women in the ancient world, \u003ci\u003eWomen's Lives, Women's Voices\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light the day-to-day activities of women of all classes in Pompeii and Herculaneum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brenda Longfellow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477323589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477323588\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.10h x 7.20w x 1.40d","brand":"Brenda Longfellow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051854852351,"sku":"9781477323588","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_331fa93f-fed7-478c-98da-d7c2a5e8ed4a.jpg?v=1685015569","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/womens-lives-womens-voices-brenda-longfellow-9781477323588","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}