«Mala aetas nulla delenimenta invenit». Donne, uomini e vecchiaia nella letteratura latina
Did in the Roman world exist a gender-oriented representation of old age? A brief survey of the stereotypes commonly used by Latin authors to construct the character of the elderly woman reveals a bias to circumscribe her identity within the horizon of seduction and sexuality, leaving aside her moth...
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| Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2006-11-01
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| Series: | Storia delle Donne |
| Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/sdd/article/view/2438 |