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Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity (Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies)

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2017
ISBN
9781138932937, 9781315678887, 1138932930
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
155 MB (162947542 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
214\215
Time added
2023-12-09 18:00:36

Description

In Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity, Olson argues that clothing functioned as part of the process of communication by which elite male influence, masculinity, and sexuality were made known and acknowledged, and furthermore that these concepts interconnected in socially significant ways. This volume also sets out the details of masculine dress from literary and artistic evidence and the connection of clothing to rank, status, and ritual. This is the first monograph in English to draw together the myriad evidence for male dress in the Roman world, and examine it as evidence for men’s self-presentation, status, and social convention.

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