03245cam a2200505Ma 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.0m        d        cr |n|121111s2010    nyua    ob    001 0 eng d  aYDXCPcYDXCPdOCLCOdOCLCEdOCLCQdN$T  a764307172  a0773430148 (electronic bk.)  a9780773430143 (electronic bk.)  z9780773447653  z0773447652  a(OCoLC)817560998z(OCoLC)764307172  a502267b(N$T)  aaw-----ae------aff----- 4aBL815.V4bT46 2010 7aOCCx0360202bisacsh 7aRELx0720002bisacsh04a292.6/10820937222  aN$TA1 aThompson, Lindsay J.14aThe role of vestal virgins in Roman civic religionh[electronic resource] :ba structuralist study of the crimen incesti /cLindsay J. Thompson ; with a foreword by James J. O'Donnell.  aLewiston, [N.Y.] :bEdwin Mellen Press,cc2010  a1 online resource (ii, 161 p.)bill.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aForeword / by James J. O'Donnell -- Interpreting culture. Historical consciousness and historiography ; Human experience and cultural structures of meaning ; The body as a political site and symbol ; Embodiment and cultural structures of meaning ; Embodiment and cultural identity ; The body as a political paradigm ; Gender and culture ; Sex as category of social differentiation ; Summary -- Roman civic religion. Roman marriage, family, and gender relations ; The Roman family ; Roman gender relations ; Roman civic identity : Romanitas ; Roman religion -- Roman myth and ritual. Structural elements of Roman myth and ritual ; Cult symbols and themes ; Roman religious sensibility -- Roman virginity and the vestal cult. Ancient texts ; Archaeological record ; General features of the vestal cult ; Language of the vestal cult -- Vestal mythology. Mythic narratives ; Vestal themes and images ; Vestal characters and relationships ; Vestal sexuality and gender -- The vestal ritual tradition. Rituals of the vestal cult ; The vestal role in Roman civic cult observance ; Ritual patterns of the crimen incesti ; The crimen incesti ritual as sacrificial purification The crimen incesti ritual as heroic ordeal -- Interpreting vestal virginity. Virginity in the late antique political imagination ; What happened to the vestals? ; Concluding thoughts.  aDescription based on print version record. 0aRomexReligion. 0aVestal virgins. 7aBODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / Paganism & Neo-Paganism2bisacsh 7aRELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology2bisacsh 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:z9780773447653z0773447652w(DLC)  2009046878403Googleuhttp://books.google.com/books?id=vkYqAQAAMAAJ403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=502267  aYBP Library ServicesbYANKn9906613  aEBSCOhostbEBSCn502267  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c51991d51991