Beschreibung:
<p>The theme of the annual international meeting of assyriological scholars in Paris in 1986 was La Femme. The papers presented at that meeting and collected in the volume under review reflect the present state of knowledge of that subject. Not only is the current feminist scholarship on the subject almost totally ignored but also a clear lack of understanding of the problems involved in such research is demonstrated. Consequently, the present reviewer attempts to outline certain fruitful avenues of approach to the study of the functions and roles of women in Mesopotamian society.</p>