“Género y espacio doméstico en la Grecia clásica: Reflexiones en torno a la (in)visibilidad femenina”

Jiménez Arteaga, Carolina

“Género y espacio doméstico en la Grecia clásica: Reflexiones en torno a la (in)visibilidad femenina”

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Jiménez Arteaga, C. “Género y espacio doméstico en la Grecia clásica: Reflexiones en torno a la (in)visibilidad femenina”. 2014. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10230/24859

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Abstract

This paper analyzes women segregation and (in)visibility in Classical Greece, aiming to distinguish between moral requirements and real practical needs, between ideological discourse and actual daily life. As recently suggested by some relevant authors and beyond traditional approaches, it explores the idea of women reclusion as a literary, male aristocratic construction instead of a commonly shared practice. Based on important recent archaeological findings within household contexts, new perspectives on gender and space in ancient Greece are discussed, outlining the importance of material culture in giving account of the changes in gender relations with the emergence of the polis, the development of new social elites and the formalization of the public and private spheres during the Archaic period.