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Cereal Processing and the Performance of Gender in Archaic and Classical Greece: Iconography and Function of A Group of Terracotta Vases and Statuettes

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Cereal Processing and the Performance of Gender in Archaic and Classical Greece: Iconography and Function of A Group of Terracotta Vases and Statuettes
Archaeopress. Publishers of British Archaeological Reports
Aygün Çiğdem Özkan
Τσουκαλά, Βικτωρία (EL)
Tsoukala, Viktoria (EN)
This paper explores the negotiation of female gender identities in Archaic and Classical Greece through food preparation, more specifically cereal processing.4 I argue that a series of terracotta statuettes and vase-paintings of the Archaic and Classical periods representing women processing cereal were perceived as references to feminine industriousness and virtue, and belonged to the discourse on gender. Τheir archaeological contexts further suggest that they can be explained best as the material remains of ritual performance of female gender identities. (EN)
Κεφάλαιο σε πρακτικά συνεδρίου (EL)
Conference proceeding chapter (EN)
Αρχαιολογία (EL)
Ελληνική ιστορία (EL)
Women (EN)
Archaeology (EN)
Greek history (EN)
Terracotta statuettes (EN)
Ancient Greece (EN)
Gender (EN)
Gender performance (EN)
National Documentation Centre (EKT)
Institutional Repository of EKT "Ariadne"
Εθνικό Κέντρο Τεκμηρίωσης και Ηλεκτρονικού Περιεχομένου (ΕΚΤ)
Επιστημονικές δημοσιεύσεις
English
2009
978 1 4073 0382 6
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12776/8659
700 BC-300 BC
XI Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology (SOMA 2007), Istanbul Technical University, SOMA 2007: Proceedings of the XI Symposium on Mediterranean Archaeology, 2007-04-24 - 2007-04-29
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.el
© the individual author 2009



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