Women, children and the family in the Late Aegean Bronze Age
Differences in Minoan and Mycenaean constructions of gender
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919672 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara A Olsen (American School of Classical Studies at Athens, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 380-392 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1998.9980386 |
| OpenAlex | W2059292986 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper discusses how the relationship between women and children is portrayed and understood in the societies of the Mycenaean (Greek) mainland and Late Minoan Crete. Child rearing has been long assumed to be the primary social role of Aegean women. Yet the art of Late Minoan Crete reveals almost no interest in idealizing women as child‐nurturers. The women of Minoan iconography are almost uniformly depicted outside of domestic contexts. In contrast, Mycenaean imagery provides a systematic, iconographic reinforcement of women's task as child‐rearers and suggests a much greater level of investment on the part of Mycenaean society to envision women within the context of the home. Therefore, while the written records of both societies place women as child‐care givers in daily practice, their iconography suggests that the two cultures valued this role differently and did not invest equally in placing women primarily within the family structure
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,48 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2023 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |