| Childhood, Class and Kin in the Roman World Contributor(s): Dixon, Suzanne (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415235782 ISBN-13: 9780415235785 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2001 Annotation: It can be difficult to hear the voices of Roman children, women, and slaves, given that most of the surviving texts of the period are by elite adult men. This volume redresses the balance. An international collection of expert contributors go beyond the usual canon of literary texts and assess a vast range of evidence-inscriptions, burial data, domestic architecture, sculpture, and the law, as well as Christian and dream-interpretation literature. Topics covered include: child exposure and abandonment; children in imperial propaganda, reconstructing lower-class families, gender, burial, and status; epitaphs and funerary monuments; adoption and late parenthood. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - Rome - Social Science | Children's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.230 |
| LCCN: 00069034 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 5.58" W x 8.72" (1.06 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Italy |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It can be difficult to hear the voices of Roman children, women and slaves, given that most surviving texts of the period are by elite adult men. This volume redresses the balance. An international collection of expert contributors go beyond the usual canon of literary texts, and assess a vast range of evidence - inscriptions, burial data, domestic architecture, sculpture and the law, as well as Christian and dream-interpretation literature. Topics covered include: * child exposure and abandonment * children in imperial propaganda * reconstructing lower-class families * gender, burial and status * epitaphs and funerary monuments * adoption and late parenthood. The result is an up-to-date survey of some of the most exciting avenues currently being explored in Roman social history. |