Structures of Power

Law and Gender Across the Ancient Near East and Beyond

by Ilan Peled

Extent: 228 pages

Publisher: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near East, Gender & Sexuality

Series: Oriental Institute Seminars

Series volume number: 12, 12

Language: English

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(August 2018)

ISBN: 9781614910398

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The proceedings of the eleventh annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar. Its central goal is to present a cross-cultural study of the intersection between law and gender relations in the ancient world, with a focus on the ancient Near East.

This volume publishes the proceedings of the eleventh annual University of Chicago Oriental Institute Seminar. Its central goal is to present a cross-cultural study of the intersection between law and gender relations in the ancient world, with a focus on the ancient Near East. When reflecting upon the formation, perpetuation, and interactions of social structures that frequently come into conflict with each other, one discovers that gender constructs are used by mechanisms of social monitoring and control; structures of power. One such example is the realm of jurisdiction and legislation. This volume uses the sphere of legal institutions as a prism through which to consider gender relations in the ancient world, both in the Near East and beyond. The way in which similar issues were manifested in different cultural and historical contexts is examined, with the goal of identifying common denominators as well as particularities. The three themes discussed in this volume are examined through multiple historical-cultural examples.

By (author) Ilan Peled

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(Micro) Archaeological and Textual Approaches

Volume 10, 10

edited by Miriam Muller

The Late Third Millennium in the Ancient Near East

Chronology, C14, and Climate Change

Volume 11, 11

edited by Felix Hoflmayer

Heaven on Earth

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Volume 9, 9

edited by Deena Ragavan

Slaves and Households in the Near East

Volume 7, 7

edited by Laura Culbertson

Iconoclasm and Text Destruction in the Ancient Near East and Beyond

Volume 8, 8

edited by Natalie N. May

Religion and Power

Divine Kingship in the Ancient World and Beyond

Volume 4, 4

edited by Nicole Brisch

Nomads, Tribes and the State in the Ancient Near East

Cross-disciplinary Perspectives

Volume 5, 5

edited by Jeffrey Szuchman

Divination and Interpretation of Signs in the Ancient World

Volume 6, 6

edited by Amar Annus

Changing Social Identity with the Spread of Islam

Archaeological Perspectives

Volume 1, 1

edited by Donald Whitcomb

Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures

New Approaches to Writing and Reading in the Ancient Near East. Papers from a Symposium held February 25-26, 2005

Volume 2, 2

by Seth Sanders, edited by Sarite Sanders

Performing Death

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Volume 3, 3

by Nicola Laneri

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