Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women From the Ancient World 9781350050129, 9781350050112

Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World 9781350050105, 9781350077416, 9781350050112

Why is Cleopatra, a descendent of Alexander the Great, a Ptolemy from a Greek–Macedonian family, in popular imagination

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Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World 1350050105, 9781350050105

Why is Cleopatra, a descendent of Alexander the Great, a Ptolemy from a Greek–Macedonian family, in popular imagination

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Veiled Figures: Women, Modernity, and the Spectres of Orientalism 9781442624917

In Veiled Figures, Teresa Heffernan explores how the clash of civilizations is perpetuated by the rhetoric of veiling an

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The Reception of Greek Lyric Poetry in the Ancient World: Transmission, Canonization and Paratext 9789004414525, 9004414525

"In The Reception of Greek Lyric Poetry in the Ancient World: Transmission, Canonization and Paratext, a team of in

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Among women: from the homosocial to the homoerotic in the ancient world 9780292771130

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Goddesses and Heroines: Meet More Than 80 Legendary Women From Around the World (Ancient Myths) 9780744088885

A beautifully illustrated collection of profiles of more than 80 goddesses and other powerful women retold for children

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Rethinking Orientalism: Women, Travel and the Ottoman Harem 9780755611744

The oppressed yet highly sexualized woman of the Muslim harem is arguably the pivotal figure of Western orientalism. Yet

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Terentia, Tullia and Publilia: The Women of Cicero's Family (Women of the Ancient World) 0203698541, 9780415351782, 9780415351799, 9780203698549

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The Muslim Reception of European Orientalism: Reversing the Gaze 2018040940, 2018046284, 9781138232037, 9781315313771

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The transition from the ancient to the medieval world

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