Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia

by Zainab Bahrani

Book Overview

Representations of sexual difference (whether visual or textual) have become an area of much theoretical concern and investigation in recent feminist scholarship. Yet although a wide range of relevant evidence survives from the ancient Near East, it has been exceptional for those studying women in the ancient world to stray outside the traditional bounds of Greece and Rome.
Women of Babylon is a much-needed historical/art historical study that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415619386
• ISBN13: 9780415619387
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"