Constantinou, Stavroula
(ed.)
Skouroumouni-Stavrinou, Aspasia
(ed.)
Editorial: Routledge
Colección: Routledge Research in Byzantine Studies
Número de páginas: 288 págs.
Fecha de edición: 29-09-2023
EAN: 9781032208756
ISBN: 978-1-032-20875-6
Precio (sin IVA): 173,84 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 180,79 €
This volume offers the first comparative, interdisciplinary, and intercultural examination of the lactating woman – biological mother and othermother – in antiquity and early Byzantium. Adopting methodologies and knowledge deriving from a variety of disciplines, the volume’s contributors investigate the close interrelationship between a woman and her lactating breasts, as well as the social, ideological, theological, and medical meanings and uses of motherhood, childbirth, and breastfeeding, along with their visual and literary representations.