{"product_id":"the-roman-mourner-funeral-rites-gender-and-the-body-hardcover","title":"The Roman Mourner: Funeral Rites, Gender and the Body - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eValerie M. Hope\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo date, mourning has not featured prominently in studies of ancient Roman society, and this book redresses this by presenting a comprehensive analysis of who mourners were and what mourners did, as well as investigating the social, cultural and ritual significance of mourning.\u003c\/b\u003e It brings together varied evidence, ranging from literature and art to epigraphy, which helps to illustrate the rituals of mourning. Valerie M. Hope addresses fundamental questions about how mourning was expressed, displayed, performed and experienced via the body, and in turn what mourning can reveal about Roman society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In previous literature on the topic, roles played by mourners in funeral rituals and commemorative acts may be acknowledged, but there has been little engagement with the varied emotional and physical behaviours of mourners. When mourning has been considered, the emphasis has predominantly fallen on gender and specific literary genres. There have hitherto been few attempts to unite the diverse evidence for Roman mourning to consider different literary genres simultaneously or to evaluate how mourning was presented through material culture. The evaluation of social expectations, legal regulations and idealised roles, across a diverse evidence base and time frame, make this volume the first full and systematic study of mourning in the Roman world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eValerie M. Hope is Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University, UK. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eWar as Spectacle: Ancient and Modern Perspectives on the Display of Armed Conflict \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eRoman Death: The Dying and the Dead in Ancient Rome \u003c\/i\u003e(Bloomsbury, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 10, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51988795457837,"sku":"9781350320796","price":170.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ihT9HuHrMB9781350320796.webp?v=1776235818","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-roman-mourner-funeral-rites-gender-and-the-body-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}