Reconstructing the Slave : The Image of the Slave in Ancient Greece

Kelly L. Wrenhaven

ISBN 10: 0715638025 / ISBN 13: 9780715638026

Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2012

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Although the importance of slavery to Greek society has long been recognised, most studies have primarily drawn upon representations of slaves as sources of evidence for the historical institution, while there has been little consideration of what the representations can tell us about how the Greeks perceived slaves and why. Although historical reality clearly played a part in the way slaves were represented, Reconstructing the Slave stresses that this was not the primary purpose of these images, which reveal more about how slave-owners perceived or wanted to perceive slaves than the reality of slavery. Through an examination of lexical, visual and literary representations of slaves, the book considers how the image of the slave was used to justify, reinforce and naturalize slavery in ancient Greece.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780715638026

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Reconstructing the Slave : The Image of the Slave in Ancient Greece
• Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0715638025
• ISBN-13: 9780715638026
• Einband: Buch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 240B x 161 H x 16 T Millimeter Breite: 240 mm, Höhe: 161 mm, Tiefe: 16 mm
• Gewicht: 479 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

Considers how the image of the slave was used to justify, reinforce and naturalize slavery in ancient Greece.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kelly L. Wrenhaven is Associate Professor of Classics, Cleveland State University, USA.