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040			_aXX-XxUND _cΒιβλιοθήκη Τμήματος Αρχαιοτήτων
100	1		_aBudin, Stephanie Lynn _d1969- _4aut _9176667
245	1	0	_aImages of woman and child from the Bronze Age : _breconsidering fertility, maternity, and gender in the ancient world / _cStephanie Lynn Budin..
260			_aCambridge: _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_ax, 384 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
500			_aStephanie Lynn Budin teaches at Rutgers University, Camden. She is the author of The Myth of Sacred Prostitution in Antiquity (Cambridge, 2008) and numerous articles on ancient religion and iconography.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	1		_aIntroduction - Kourotrophic iconography in the ancient near East and Mediterranean: origins and meanings -- Egypt -- The Levant and Anatolia -- Mesopotamia and Iran -- Cyprus -- The Aegean -- Conclusions.
520			_a"This book is a study of the woman-and-child motif as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean, focusing on Egypt, the Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran, Cyprus, and the Aegean. Rather than being a universal symbol of maternity, or a depiction of a mother goddess, the woman-and-child motif, called by the technical name kourotrophos, was relatively rare in comparison with other images of women in antiquity, and served a number of different symbolic functions, ranging from honoring the king of Egypt to giving extra oomph to magical spells"-- This book is a study of the woman-and-child motif - known as the kourotrophos - as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean. Stephanie Lynn Budin argues that, contrary to many current beliefs, the image was not a universal symbol of maternity or a depiction of a mother goddess. In most of the ancient world, kourotrophic iconography was relatively rare in comparison to other images of women and served a number of different symbolic functions, ranging from honoring the king of Egypt to adding strength to magical spells to depicting scenes of daily life. This work provides an in-depth examination of ancient kourotrophoi and engages with a variety of debates that they have spawned, including their role in the rise of patriarchy and what they say about ancient constructions of gender. Review: 'The book debunks several long-held and unsubstantiated beliefs in the literature, and reorients our thinking about images of women and children towards a context-specific approach.' Allison Thomason, Near Eastern Archaeology
650		4	_aBronze age _zMediterranean Region _9176617
650		4	_aArt, Prehistoric _zMediterranean Region. _9176144
650		4	_aSculpture, Prehistoric _zMediterranean Region. _9181949
650		4	_aFigurines, Prehistoric _zMediterranean Region. _9178354
650		4	_aMother goddesses _zMediterranean Region. _9180512
650		4	_aMothers in art _9180513
651		4	_aMediterranean Region _xantiquities _9180221
911			_a19248. _e20160511 _p1 _q21 _r0 _s0 _vCambridge University Press _weur 30,38.
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