Public dress and social control in late republican and early imperial Rome / Jonathan Edmondson -- Togam virilem sumere : coming of age in the Roman world / Fanny Dolansky -- The double identity of Roman portrait statues : costumes and their symbolism at Rome / Michael Koortbojian -- The 'dark side' of the toga / Michelle George -- (Un)dressed to kill : viewing the retiarius / Michael Carter -- The Appearance of the Young Roman Girl / Kelly Olson -- Covering the head at Rome : ritual and gender / Elaine Fantham -- Designing women : the representation of women's toiletries on funerary monuments in Roman Italy / Leslie Shumka -- Sartorial elegance and poetic finesse in the Sulpician corpus / Alison Keith -- The woven garment as literary metaphor : the peplos in Ciris 9-41 / Riemer Faber -- Spinning the trabea : consular robes and propaganda in the Panegyrics of Claudian / Michael Dewar -- Appearing for the defence : Apuleius on display / Keith Bradley -- Tertullian's De pallio and Roman dress in North Africa / T. Corey Brennan -- Prudery and chic in late antique clothing / Guy P.R. Metraux
Summary
"Roman Dress and the Fabrics of Roman Culture investigates the social symbolism and cultural poetics of dress in the ancient Roman world in the period from 200 BCE-400 CE." "The contributors to this volume explore the diffusion of Roman dress protocols in Rome and beyond by looking at Rome's North African provinces in particular, a focus that previous studies have overlooked or dealt with only in passing."--Jacket
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-329) and indexes
