Masculinity and dress in Roman antiquity /

Masculinity and dress in Roman antiquity /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Olson, K. (Kelly), author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Description:	xiii, 200 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge monographs in classical studies Routledge monographs in classical studies.
Subject:	Clothing and dress -- Social aspects -- Rome. Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects -- Rome. Men's clothing -- Rome. Masculinity -- Rome. Clothing and dress -- Social aspects. Clothing and dress -- Symbolic aspects. Masculinity. Men's clothing. Rome (Empire)
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11043782

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ISBN:	9781138932937 1138932930 9781315678887
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Kelly Olson argues that clothing functioned as part of the process of communication by which elite male influence, masculinity, and sexuality were made known and acknowledged, and furthermore that these concepts interconnected in socially significant ways. This volume also sets out the details of masculine dress from literary and artistic evidence and the connection of clothing to rank, status, and ritual. This is the first monograph in English to draw together the myriad evidence for male dress in the Roman world, and examine it as evidence for men's self-presentation, status and social convention.

Table of Contents:

Tunic and toga
Other aspects of costume
Poverty, mourning, and sordes
Clothing and status
Effeminacy and the dandy : class and sexuality.