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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815544303321

Autore

Revell Louise

Titolo

Ways of being Roman : discourses of identity in the Roman West / / Louise Revell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Philadelphia : , : Oxbow Books, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-78570-188-6

1-78570-190-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 175 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

937.06

Soggetti

Identity (Psychology) - Social aspects - Rome - Provinces - History

Ethnicity - Rome - History - Provinces

Social status - Rome - Provinces - History

Gender identity - Rome - Provinces - History

Age groups - Rome - Provinces - History

Roman provinces - Social conditions

Roman provinces - Antiquities

Social archaeology - Rome - Provinces

Rome History Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D

Rome History Empire, 284-476

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-170).

Nota di contenuto

Identity in Roman archaeology -- Ideas of Roman ethnicity -- A poly-ethnic empire -- A new provincial elite -- Looking for the non-elite -- Gendering the provinces -- Age and ageing.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines the question of identity in the Roman provinces of the western empire. It takes an innovative approach in looking at the wider discourses or ideologies through which an individual sense of self was learnt and expressed. This wide-ranging survey considers ethnic identity, status, gender, and age. Rather than constructing a paradigm of the 'ideal' of any specific aspect of personal identity, it looks at some of the wider cultural ideas which were drawn upon in differentiating groups of people and the variability within this. It



focuses on the daily and mundane practices of everyday life through which identities were internalised and communicated"--Provided by publisher.