Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-262) and index.
Contents:
Ethnicity, gender and class in Greco-Roman Egypt -- Women's social status in Greco-Roman Egypt -- The role of midwives in dynastic and Greco-Roman Egypt -- Childbirth and domestic cults in Greco-Roman Egypt -- The liminal status of the unborn and the newborn child in Greco-Roman Egypt -- Pollution and purification in women's reproduction -- Childbirth, menstruation and domestic space in Greco-Roman Egypt.
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