Gender, memory, and identity in the roman world on jstor. Pdf roman identity in late antiquity, with special attention to gaul, in w. Constructing identities in late antiquity routledge. Download constructing identities in late antiquity ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Van hoof is currently engaged in examining greek and latin letters in order to understand lobbying in late antiquity. Download pdf constructing identities in late antiquity. This article seeks to define a theoretical framework for the study of the relation between religion and the political community in the roman world and to analyze a particular case in point. History and identity in the late antique near east oxford scholarship. I examine conceptions of gender and public identities and how these conceptions are constructed by the reuse of the image of alexander as an exemplary man in late antiquity. Religious identity in late antiquity studies of religious interaction in the fourth century ad have often assumed that the categories of pagan, christian and jew can be straightforwardly applied, and that we can assess the extent of christianization in the graecoroman period.
Dg78 m33 macmullen r and en lane paganism and christianity. This book examines the importance of the past, both real and imagined, in constructing contemporary culture in the period ad 500. Constructing identities in late antiquity routledge classical. Click download or read online button to get modern antiquity book now.
Much has been written in recent years about identities, understood as social, nested or constructing identities. In europe between late antiquity and the middle ages. Religious identity in late antiquity by isabella sandwell. From identity to policy constructing roman identities in late antiquity. Journal of late antiquity jla is the awardwinning first international englishlanguage journal dedicated to the study of late antiquity writ large. Constructing identities in late antiquity and over 8 million other books are available for. This type of group construction, which i term the polemic of. The polemic of individualized appellation in late antiquity studies. You have full access to read online and download this title. Pdf download constructing identities free nwc books. Isbn 0415194067 print edition isbn 0203016173 master ebook isbn isbn 0203202864 glassbook format the essays in constructing identities in late antiquity concern themselves with the theme of identity, an increasingly. Regulatory rhetoric and heretical space in the theodosian code, the imperial authors of the edicts preserved in the code attempt to create a pure space, an orthodox empire, by squeezing heretics out of public. Gender and identity in musaeus hero and leander paula james. Click download or read online button to get constructing identities book now.
Raceethnicity bibliography this is a starter bibliography of scholarship related to raceethnicity in greek and roman antiquity including some early christian and medieval. Pdf gender, memory, and identity in the roman world edited. Jeromes conflict with church leaders and the christian communities in rome and jerusalem affected the development of his interest in the sacred geography and the religious significance of pilgrimage to holy places. Constructing identities in late antiquity 1st edition. Modern antiquity download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Constructed identities canada council for the arts. Pdf constructing social and cultural identities in the. Miles, richard, 1969, constructing identities in late antiquity.
A major aim of gender, memory, and identity in the roman world as a whole is to point out the significance of the interaction between these three concepts in both the upper and lower levels of roman society, and how it remained an important question through the period from augustus right into late antiquity. Volume 1 issue 2 studies in late antiquity university of. Constructing identities in late antiquity pdf printer bitbin. Christians and their many identities in late antiquity, north. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Constructing identities in late antiquity routledge classical monographs 9780415194068. Through detailed discussions of particular roman texts and images, the contributors show not only how these texts were used to create and organise particular visions of late antique society and culture, but also how constructions of identity. For too long, the study of religious life in late antiquity has relied on the premise that jews, pagans, and christians were largely discrete groups divided by clear markers of belief, ritual, and social practice. This study looks at the literary tradition surrounding alexander iii 356323 bce, best known as alexander the great, in late antiquity. The world of late antiquity, ad 150750 open library. Click download or read online button to constructing identities in late antiquity book pdf for free now. Religion and the construction of a christian roman polity. Richard miles, constructing identities in late antiquity core.
In todd berzons article, strategies of containment. Pdf roman identity in late antiquity, with special attention to. She specialises in work on the sociopolitical role of greek and latin literature in the roman empire. Crisis and recovery in the third century between 235 and 284, civil war and invasion caused economic collapse and the breakdown of imperial administration before a new emperor halted the decline and shored up the empire. The cultural continuity from early to late antiquity is stressed in many articles of. Material culture on the western frontier swift, ellen 20060101 00. The journal provides a venue for multidisciplinary coverage of all the methodological, geographical, and chronological facets of late antiquity. Constructing identities download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. From this, one can see the breadth and depth of scholarship being done over the last 40 year or so.
The essays in constructing identities in late antiquity concern themselves with the theme of identity, an increasingly popular topic in classical studies. Written display in the late antique and byzantine city. Constructing identities in late antiquity routledge classical monographs by richard miles editor isbn. Lieve van hoof is a belgian classical scholar and research professor at the university of ghent. The use of material culture to create military identities at death for roman soldiers on the frontier line is discussed, together with an analysis of the relationship of this military culture to subsequent weapon burials, and the use, by germanic societies, of elite roman and byzantine objects to create ruling, martial identities in the 5th c. Pdf constructing identities in late antiquity download. The volume addresses many different approaches to these issues, spanning over many centuries, ranging in time from the prehistoric periods to the late antiquity, and covering large areas, from britain to greece and italy and to asia minor and cyprus. Christians and their many identities in late antiquity, north africa.
Zellentin, eduard iricinschi the authors of the essays collected here explore the ways in which late antique groups defined their own sociopolitical borders and created secure in group identities by means of discourses on heresy and heretics. Social and political life in late antiquity volume 3. Acknowledgements list of contributors social and political life in late antiquity. Entangled identities and otherness in late antique and early. Christians and their many identities in late antiquity, north africa, 200450 ce book description. Jan 01, 2006 constructing roman identities in late antiquity. Crossing bordersconstructing identities studies in late. Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. Through detailed discussions of particular roman texts and images, the contributors show not only how these texts were used to create and organise particular visions of late antique society and culture, but also how. Pagans and christians in late antiquity a sourcebook taylor. Insanity, identity, and exclusion in the religious legislation of the theodosian code.
Judicial accountability and the culture of criticism in late antiquity, in miles, r. Through detailed discussions of particular roman texts and images, the contributors show not only how these texts were used to create and organise particular visions of late antique society and culture, but also how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the fashioning of late antiquity into a distinct historical period. Binary oppositions between christians and nonchristians are now increasingly understood as a discursive construct, part of the making of a christian identity. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
And we feel our identities most keenly, as sociologists sonia roccas and marilynn brewer observe, when we feel surrounded by others. This book, the first general and systematic study of. Persimmon blackbridge uses mixed media wood carving with found objects to question how disability is framed as a fracturing of ordinary life rather than a normal, expected part of it. Her exploration of each figure begins in disability, but necessarily complicates itself as our embodied identities intersect and overlap. The formation of an anglosaxon society in the english peak district, 400700 a. Reviewed by rebecca day university of birmingham late antiquity, as clark comments in her introductory chapter p.
Constructing identities at work presents cutting edge research on the process of identity construction in professional and institutional contexts, from corporate workplaces, to courtrooms, classrooms, and academia. Download pdf the later roman empire text only fontana. Persuasion strategies in late antique letters robin whelan connecting church and state. Reuven kiperwasser high sea encounters in late antiquity. The study of construction and expression of identity in classical antiquity has.
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