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Motherhood in Antiquity

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Editors:
  1. Dana Cooper

    1. Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, USA

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  2. Claire Phelan

    1. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, USA

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  • Covers a wide geographic range from Byzantium to Mesoamerica to India
  • Utilizes a wide range of methodologies and analytical approaches
  • Includes contributions from experts in women's history

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    • Dana Cooper, Claire Phelan
    Pages 1-5

  5. Motherhood and Identity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Earthly and Divine Mothers in Ancient Egypt

      • Emily Teeter
      Pages 145-167

    3. Bronze Age Beginnings: The Conceptualization of Motherhood in Prehistoric Europe

      • Katharina Rebay-Salisbury
      Pages 169-196

    4. From Cybele to Artemis: Motherhood and Great Mothers of Ancient Anatolia

      • Nilgün Anadolu-Okur
      Pages 197-221

    5. Motherhood, Personhood, Identity, and Place-Making in Ancient Mesoamerica

      • Kathryn M. Hudson, John S. Henderson
      Pages 223-256

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 257-267
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About this book

This edited collection examines concepts and realities of motherhood in the ancient world. The collection uses essays on the Roman Empire, Mesoamerica, the Philippines, Egypt, and India to emphasize the concept of motherhood as a worldwide phenomenon and experience. While covering a wide geographical range, the editors arranged the collection thematically to explore themes including the relationship between the mother, particularly ruling mothers, and children and the mother in real life and legend. Some essays explore related issues, such as adaptation and child custody after divorce in ancient Egypt and the mother in religious culture of late antiquity and the ancient Buddhist Indian world. The contributors utilize a variety of methodologies and approaches including textual analysis and archaeological analysis in addition to traditional historical methodology.

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“This is a fascinating and much-needed contribution to the study of motherhood, with remarkable interdisciplinary and international appeal. The broad geographical scope of these essays, from Mesoamerica and Egypt to India, is an excellent corrective to the usual focus on European mothers. Motherhood in Antiquity is an important step towards viewing motherhood as a global phenomenon.” (Katarzyna Kosior, University of Southampton)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, USA

    Dana Cooper

  • University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, USA

    Claire Phelan

About the editors

Dana Cooper is Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University, USA. 

Claire Phelan is an Associate Professor at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, USA. She regularly teaches courses on women's history and presents on issues relating to gender at professional conferences.






Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Motherhood in Antiquity

  • Editors: Dana Cooper, Claire Phelan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48902-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-48901-8Published: 16 March 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84042-0Published: 07 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-48902-5Published: 07 March 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 267

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ancient History, Classical Studies, Social History, Religion and Gender, Gender Studies

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