Attic Grave Reliefs that Represent Women in the Dress of Isis SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African Studies

Attic Grave Reliefs that Represent Women in the Dress of Isis SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African StudiesThe author investigates the appearance of a fashion in clothing, involving a knotted mantle worn across the chest, on many Attic stelae of the Roman period. She suggests that this style can be traced to Egyptian roots, and might have been particularly associated with a cult of Isis, popular among wealthy Athenians.

Includes a new paper on marginal illustrations in Italian manuscripts

and society evolves

modernist poet Claude McKay troubles the traditional symbol of springtime to accommodate the hardships of an increasingly industrialized world

this book argues that the 1980-1 anti-police disturbances should be viewed as ‘collective bargaining by riot’

to reform men

This book discusses the relationship between the idea of Holy War in early Islamic societies and the competition for resources and legitimacy among Muslims who lived on the Arab-Byzantine frontier

This anthology makes available to students and general readers the rich variety of Victorian magazines for women

drawing on trends from the current audio drama environment to analyse how people listen to audio drama

It charts how the debate on this revolution changed during the Weimar republic

the areas both of cooperation and conflict are revealed

the book aims to ‘reconstruct’ television’s coverage of the cinema as crucial to the fabric of British film and television culture at the time

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