Cereal Processing and the Performance of Gender in Archaic and Classical Greece: Iconography and Function of A Group of Terracotta Vases and Statuettes
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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Aygün Çiğdem Özkan
Τσουκαλά, Βικτωρία
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Tsoukala, Viktoria
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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.
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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