Festivals, feasts, and gender relations in ancient China and Greece
Ancient China and Greece are two classical civilisations that have exerted far-reaching influence in numerous areas of human experience and are often invoked as the paradigms in East-West comparison. This book examines gender relations in the two ancient societies as reflected in convivial contexts...
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2010
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Kinship and friendship
- Among men. Greece: comrades, citizens, and boys
- China: ancestors, brothers, and sons
- Between men and women, among women. Public festivals and domestic rites
- At the table and behind the scenes
- Female experience and male imagination. What women sang of
- Conclusion