Joanna

Joanna’s Object Proposal

I. Sale of a Slave Girl (Item #2) http://sogdians.nyufasedtech.com/admin/items/show/2 I will use this document in my research on the status and life experiences of women in the world of Sogdiana. In the sources I have examined so far, women are discussed as either wives, concubines, or slaves. I am interested in studying the intersection of the [...]

By Joanna Byrne| 2018-01-07T14:25:20-05:00 March 15th, 2016|Joanna, Object Proposals|0 Comments

Joanna’s Theme Proposal

I - Sogdian Women I am interested in studying the roles and status of Sogdian women. The material that we have looked at so far presents women in essentially two contexts: as wives, or as “dancing girls”, the latter bearing a connection to either an appearance or a reality of prostitution. Valerie Hansen notes that [...]

By Joanna Byrne| 2018-01-07T14:25:21-05:00 March 1st, 2016|Joanna, Theme Proposals|0 Comments