Dress in Mediterranean Antiquity

Alicia J. Batten is professor of religious studies and theological studies at Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada.Kelly Olson is professor in the Department of Classical Studies at the University of Western Ontario, Canada.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction – Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada and Kelly Olson, Western University, CanadaSection A – Methods1. Dress and Classical Studies - Kelly Olson, Western University, Canada2. Dress and Religious Studies - Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada3. Dress and Anthropology - Lynne Hume, University of Queensland, Australia4. Dress and Sociology - Beth E. Graybill, Dickinson College, USASection B – Materials5. Clothing in Marble and Bronze: The Representation of Dress in Greek and Roman Sculpture - Glenys Davies, University of Edinburgh, UK6. Greek Dress from the Inscriptional Evidence - Laura Gawlinski, Loyola University of Chicago, USA7. The Colours of Ancient Greek dress - Cecilie Brøns, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Denmark8. Ancient Jewelry and the Construction of Ancient Identity - Courtney Ward, Norwegian Institute in Rome, Italy9. Dress in the Desert: Archaeological Textiles as a Source for Work Clothes in Roman Egypt - Lise Bender Jorgensen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway10. Roman Women Dressing the Part: The Visual Vocabulary from Paintings and Mosaics - Lisa A. Hughes, University of Calgary, Canada11. "They Leave Behind them Portraits of their Wealth, not Themselves:" Aspects of Self-presentation in the Dress of the Deceased in Mummy Portraits and Portrait Mummies from Roman Egypt - Lorelei H. Corcoran, University of Memphis, USASection C – Meanings12. Dress and Ceremony in Achaemenid Persia: the 'Gaunaka' - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University, Wales13. Hair and Social Status in the Near East and Early Greece, c. 900-300 BCE - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, Cardiff University, Wales14. Stepping over the line: shoes and boundary-crossing in ancient Greece - Sue Blundell, Independent Scholar15. Clothing in Roman Religion - Kelly Olson, Western University, Canada16. Andromeda Unbound: Possession, Perception, and Adornment in the House of the Dioscuri -Neville McFerrin, University of North Texas, USA17. From Grass to Gold: The Ambivalent Symbolism of Roman Crowns - Andrew Gallia, University of Minnesota, USA18. Clothes Make the Jew: Was There Distinctive Jewish Dress in the Greco-Roman Period? - Joshua Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel19. What did Mary Magdalene Look Like? Images from the West, the East, Dura and Judaea - Joan E. Taylor, King’s College London, UK20. Robes of Transfiguration and Salvation in Early Christian Texts -- Janelle Peters, Loyola Marymount University, USA21. Worn stories: (ad)dressing wives in 1 Peter - Kelsi Morrison-Atkins, Harvard University, USA22. “Exposed!”: Nakedness and Clothing in the Book of Revelation’ -- Harry Maier, Vancouver School of Theology, Canada23. Dirty Laundry in the Christ Cult - Alicia J. Batten, Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo, Canada24. “He Must Buy Her New Clothes for Winter”: Women’s Attire in the Rabbinic Imagination of the Tannaitic Period - Gail Labovitz, American Jewish University, USA25. Textual Problems in Textile Research: The Use of the Talmud in Studies of Ancient Jewish Dress - Katie Turner, King’s College London, UKIndex

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