2008/12/31 by Jonathan Edmondson · 72 citations
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Art #Art, Politics, and Modernism #Fashion and Cultural Textiles #Law in Society and Culture
paper · doi:10.3138/9781442689039
published in University of Toronto Press eBooks (University of Toronto Press)
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PrefaceContributors List of Figures Abbreviations Introduction: From Costume History to Dress Studies JONATHAN EDMONDSON and ALISON KEITH PART I INVESTMENTS IN MASCULINITY * Public Dress and Social Control in Late Republican and Early Imperial Rome JONATHAN EDMONDSON*Togam virilem sumere: Coming of Age in the Roman World FANNY DOLANSKY* The Double Identity of Roman Portrait Statues: Costumes and Their Symbolism at Rome MICHAEL KOORTBOJIAN* The 'Dark Side' of the Toga MICHELE GEORGE*(Un)Dressed to Kill: Viewing the Retiarius MICHAEL CARTER PART II FASHIONING THE FEMALE * The Appearance of the Young Roman Girl KELLY OLSON* Covering the Head at Rome: Ritual and Gender ELAINE FANTHAM* Designing Women: The Representation of Women's Toiletries on Funerary Monuments in Roman Italy LESLIE SHUMKA* Sartorial Elegance and Poetic Finesse in the Sulpician Corpus ALISON KEITH PART III THE CULTURAL POETICS OF DRESS * The Woven Garment as Literary Metaphor: The Peplos in Ciris 9-41 RIEMER FABER* Spinning the Trabea: Consular Robes and Propaganda in the Panegyrics of Claudian MICHAEL DEWAR* Appearing for the Defence: Apuleius on Display KEITH BRADLEY* Tertullian's De Pallio and Roman Dress in North Africa T. COREY BRENNAN* Prudery and Chic in Late Antique Clothing GUY P.R. METRAUX References Index Locorum General Index