Women's Roles in Ancient Civilizations A Reference Guide

Subjects:

• History » World History (General)
• Anthropology » Cultural Anthropology
• Women's Studies » Women's Studies (General)

Reviews:

• Unique in scope, this dense guide to what the scanty evidence tells us about women in 12 ancient societies will fill a gap in libraries serving academic high schools with strong history or women's studies programs....[T]his systematic and eye-opening resource will furnish serious students with a study base for topical research in many areas of social history.
  —School Library Journal
• [T]his edition would be a good starting point for discussion of why and whether women need a history of their own.
  —Journal of World History Spring 2001
• This is a solid work that gives insight into ancient civilizations and allows the reader to compare female roles across cultures. It is a scholarly yet accessible work that is a valuable addition to the field of women's studies.
  —American Reference Books Annual
• [A] thoughful and varied look at women's role in ancient civilizations.
  —Reference & Users Quarterly
• The volume succeeds admirably in its presentation of the data available on the topic, clarifying the differences between the more recent and ancient treatment of women in each area and bringing together the texts and archaeological evidence to support the claims made. The book is an important resource because it allows easy access to the information about the similarities and differences in the roles of women in the different ancient areas, but also between the ancient and the modern within each area. Also interesting is the nature of the evidence available in the different areas considered.
  —Religious Studies Review
• "This collection has achieved an elegant balance, avoiding the defects of, on one hand, starkness of primary sources without much context, or on the other hand, confusion of anthologized excerpts, sometimes also out of context, that are inaccessible to all but expert.",,,the wook is a rich compilation of information and should be in every library's collection.
  —Cloelia
• An excellent resource for students!
  —Pennsylvania School Librarian's Association

• Endorsement From Phyllis Trible
  Professor of Biblical Studies
  Wake Forest University Divinity School: The collection provides a cornucopia of information and insights.
• Endorsement From Eileen M. Strange
  Head, Modern and Classical Languages
  Miss Porter's School, Farmington CT: I...enthusiastically endorse Women's Roles in Ancient Civilizations (Bella Zweig, ed.)....[I]t is a very valuable resource which should be available in every high school library.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Asia: The Far East
• Women in Ancient China
• Women in Ancient India
• Women in Ancient Japan
• Asia: The Near East
• Women in Ancient Mesopotamia
• Women in Ancient Levant
• Africa
• Women in Ancient Egypt
• Women in Ancient West Africa
• The Mediterranean
• Women in Ancient Greece
• Women in Ancient Roman Civilization
• The Americas
• Women in Ancient Mesoamerica
• Women in the Ancient Andes
• Native America in North America: Ojibway and Iroquois
• Glossary
• Index