IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 525: Iranian Frontiers: Women and Borders in the Late Antique Sasanian Empire
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 09.00-10.30
Organiser: | Domiziana Rossi, Dipartimento di Storia Culture Civiltà, Università di Bologna |
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Moderator/Chair: | Eve MacDonald, School of History, Archaeology & Religion, Cardiff University |
Paper 525-a | Shared Cultural Representations of the Wives of Khosrow Parviz within Abolqasem Ferdowsi's Shāhnāmeh (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
Paper 525-b | All the Šhāhānšāhs' Wives: Marking the Ērānšahr through Intermarriages (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Women's Studies |
Paper 525-c | Stereotyping of Women of the East: Late Roman and Byzantine Perceptions of Ancient Persian Women (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Gender Studies, Women's Studies |
Abstract | The term 'border' can describe a geographical division, but can also describe divisions between genders. Historical narratives, often delivered from a masculine point of view, have delineated 'borders' between man and woman, and the 'limits' of masculine and feminine behaviour. This session aims to connect geographical borders with discourses on gender, focusing on women and the Sasanian Empire. The definition of the self and the other will imply not only men and women, but also west and east, as constructed conceptions within specific historical contexts. |