{"product_id":"images-of-woman-and-child-from-the-bronze-age-9781107660328","title":"Images of Woman and Child from the Bronze Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephanie Lynn Budin\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Archaeology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a study of the woman-and-child motif - known as the kourotrophos - as it appeared in the Bronze Age eastern Mediterranean. Stephanie Lynn Budin argues that, contrary to many current beliefs, the image was not a universal symbol of maternity or a depiction of a mother goddess. In most of the ancient world, kourotrophic iconography was relatively rare in comparison to other images of women and served a number of different symbolic functions, ranging from honoring the king of Egypt to adding strength to magical spells to depicting scenes of daily life. This work provides an in-depth examination of ancient kourotrophoi and engages with a variety of debates that they have spawned, including their role in the rise of patriarchy and what they say about ancient constructions of gender.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46499556917399,"sku":"9781107660328","price":6796.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781107660328.webp?v=1769193343","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/images-of-woman-and-child-from-the-bronze-age-9781107660328","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}