In Memoriam: Commemoration, Communal Memory and Gender Values in the Ancient Graeco-Roman World - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1443832901 ISBN 13 : 9781443832908

Editeur : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Book by Helne Whittaker

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

References to the past play a significant role on many levels in both modern and ancient societies. What societies choose to remember and how they do it can be seen in relation to their social, religious, and moral world view. Ancient societies invested heavily in remembrance, and the memory of remarkable individuals and significant events was deliberately perpetuated through both literature and material culture. The papers in this volume discuss the topic of the deliberate creation of memory in relation to both literary and material evidence from the Graeco-Roman world. They range in time from the Greek Archaic period to Late Antiquity. A major aim of the collection as a whole is an attempt to cast light on the relationship between an individual s gender and social status and the existence of opportunities for ensuring that he or she would be remembered after death.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Helène Whittaker is currently Professor of Classics at the University of Tromsø in Norway. Her research interests range from the Aegean Bronze Age to Greek and Roman literature.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1443832901
• ISBN 13: 9781443832908
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 190