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Introduction: From Costume History to Dress Studies
JONATHAN EDMONDSON and ALISON KEITH

PART I INVESTMENTS IN MASCULINITY

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
MICHELE GEORGE

(Un)Dressed to Kill: Viewing the Retiarius
MICHAEL CARTER

PART II FASHIONING THE FEMALE

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

PART III THE CULTURAL POETICS OF DRESS

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

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Index Locorum

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About the Author

Jonathan Edmondson is professor of History and Classical Studies in the Department of History at York University.
Alison Keith is a professor of classics and director of the Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto.

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'Those entering the field of Roman clothing studies will find this concise survey very useful ... Illustrating the various threads of current investigation into Roman clothing, these intriguing essays show that understanding the symbolism of Roman clothing is essential in recovering the Romans' way of thinking about themselves and the "others" of their empire.
*Mouseion: Journal of the Classical Association of Canada*

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