Families in the Greco-Roman world. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ray Laurence and Agneta Strömberg.
• Other Names: Laurence, Ray, 1963-; Strömberg, Agneta
• Contents: Introduction : from oikos to familia : looking forward? / Ray Laurence -- Beyond oikos and domus : modern kinship studies and the ancient family / Ann-Cathrin Harders -- Taking a wider view : Greco-Roman families and political demographic theory / Saskia Hin -- More than just gender : the classical oikos as a site of intersectionality / Birgitta L. Sjöberg -- Tracing the oikos in pre-classical Corinth : the perspective of iconography / Amalia Avramidou -- The language of the oikos and the language of power in the Seleucid Kingdom / Omar Coloru -- Inheritance, priesthoods and succession in classical Athens : the hierophantai of the Eumolpidai / William S. Bubelis -- Women in the Hellenistic family : the evidence of funerary epigrams / Agnieszka Kotlińska-Toma -- Family relationships in late Bronze Age, Iron Age and early Roman Veneto (Italy) : preliminary considerations on the basis of osteological analysis and epigraphy / Elisa Perego -- Gender, household structure and slavery : re-interpreting the aristocratic columbaria of early imperial Rome / Lindsay Penner -- Houses, painting, family emotion / Natalie Kampen -- Afterword : the future of the ancient Greek family / Mark Golden.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 194 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.850938; History -- Ancient -- General; Families -- Greece -- History -- To 1500; Families -- Rome -- History -- To 1500; Families -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 1500; Families -- Mediterranean Region -- Cross-cultural studies; Civilization, Greco-Roman; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference; Civilization, Greco-Roman; Families; Familjer -- historia -- Medelhavsländerna -- före 1500; Interkulturell forskning; Classical history / classical civilisation; Greece; Mediterranean Region; Rome (Empire); Romerska riket -- kultur- och samhällsliv; Electronic books; Cross-cultural studies; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1441138382; 9781441138385; 9781441110107; 1441110100
• Related ISBNs: 9781441139276; 1441139273
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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