Brown University Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This dissertation is an interdisciplinary investigation into the relationship between pregnant and pre-gravid women and their fetuses in the Roman Empire. It examines the cultural …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Mulder, Tara L (creator); Bodel, John (Director); Oliver, Graham (Reader); Mignone, Lisa (Reader); Brown University. Classics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Roman social history; ancient medicine; ancient gynecology; gender; potentiality; Soranus; uterine votives; uterine amulets; biographical sarcophagi; Reproduction; Childbirth; Roman law; Sex; Feminism; Women; Fetus; Abortion; Galen; Soranus, of Ephesus
Collection:: Classics; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: This dissertation is about changing perspectives on marriage, family relations, and work life among older Italian women in their mid fifties to late sixties. These …
Year:: 2015
Contributor:: Vares, Laura AM (creator); Hollos , Marida (Director); Smith, Daniel (Reader); Leinaweaver, Jesssaca (Reader); Maher, Vanessa (Reader); Brown University. Anthropology (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: gender; career; separation and divorce; Sex role; Women; Marriage; Families; Occupations; Italy
Collection:: Anthropology; Theses and Dissertations

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