Reviews for Engendering Rome

The average rating for Engendering Rome based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-06-25 00:00:00 Paul Rhoades Written in 2000 and inflected by the feminist project in Classics, this is still an exciting and provocative read. Keith's final chapter, 'Over her dead body', is a classic analysis of the prominence and symbolism of the beautiful female corpse in Roman myth and literature (Lucretia, Verginia, the Sabine women, Ilia, Dido, Camilla, Cleopatra): not only are women's dead bodies aestheticized and fetishized, but they become the foundation on which political order, stability, and Roman institutions are built - from the founding of Rome herself (Ilia, Dido, Camilla), to the expulsion of the kings and the setting up of the republic (Lucretia), to the establishment of the principate (Cleopatra). Keith is always astute and subtle, and her work has been influential on the younger generation of feminist classicists - this book is perhaps some of her most accessible work.

Review # 2 was written on 2019-04-24 00:00:00 Shawn Bay !