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. This type of group construction, which i term the polemic of. Miles, richard, 1969, constructing identities in late antiquity. Van hoof is currently engaged in examining greek and latin letters in order to understand lobbying in late antiquity. 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. Written display in the late antique and byzantine city. The cultural continuity from early to late antiquity is stressed in many articles of. This book, the first general and systematic study of. Raceethnicity bibliography this is a starter bibliography of scholarship related to raceethnicity in greek and roman antiquity including some early christian and medieval. In europe between late antiquity and the middle ages. Jan 01, 2006 constructing roman identities 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.
You have full access to read online and download this title. Pdf constructing social and cultural identities in the. Acknowledgements list of contributors social and political life in late antiquity. Persuasion strategies in late antique letters robin whelan connecting church and state. From this, one can see the breadth and depth of scholarship being done over the last 40 year or so. Pagans and christians in late antiquity a sourcebook taylor. Modern antiquity download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Insanity, identity, and exclusion in the religious legislation of the theodosian code. Crossing bordersconstructing identities studies in late. This book examines the importance of the past, both real and imagined, in constructing contemporary culture in the period ad 500. And we feel our identities most keenly, as sociologists sonia roccas and marilynn brewer observe, when we feel surrounded by others. The world of late antiquity, ad 150750 open library. The authors illustrate the range of foci, methodologies and approaches prevalent in the newly established field of workplace discourse, demonstrating how interactants do identity. Constructing identities in late antiquity routledge classical monographs 9780415194068.
Judicial accountability and the culture of criticism in late antiquity, in miles, r. Constructing identities in late antiquity and over 8 million other books are available for. Christians and their many identities in late antiquity, north. Pdf roman identity in late antiquity, with special attention to. 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. 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. 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. Download pdf the later roman empire text only fontana. Constructing identities in late antiquity routledge. Entangled identities and otherness in late antique and early. Download constructing identities in late antiquity ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. 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. Social and political life in late antiquity volume 3.
The essays in constructing identities in late antiquity concern themselves with the theme of identity, an increasingly popular topic in classical studies. 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. Click download or read online button to get modern antiquity book now. Volume 1 issue 2 studies in late antiquity university of. 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. Click download or read online button to get constructing identities book now.
In todd berzons article, strategies of containment. Material culture on the western frontier swift, ellen 20060101 00. Constructing identities in late antiquity 1st edition. Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks. This study looks at the literary tradition surrounding alexander iii 356323 bce, best known as alexander the great, in late antiquity. Her exploration of each figure begins in disability, but necessarily complicates itself as our embodied identities intersect and overlap. Christians and their many identities in late antiquity, north africa, 200450 ce book description. Gender, memory, and identity in the roman world on jstor. 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. Binary oppositions between christians and nonchristians are now increasingly understood as a discursive construct, part of the making of a christian identity. Journal of late antiquity jla is the awardwinning first international englishlanguage journal dedicated to the study of late antiquity writ large.
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. Pdf constructing identities in late antiquity download. History and identity in the late antique near east oxford scholarship. Pdf gender, memory, and identity in the roman world edited.
Dg78 m33 macmullen r and en lane paganism and christianity. Read volume 1 issue 2 of studies in late antiquity. From identity to policy constructing roman identities in late antiquity. 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. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Pdf constructing identities download ebook for free. The age of new boundaries, 250 600 chapter outline i. Download pdf constructing identities in late antiquity. Pdf download constructing identities free nwc books. 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. Constructing identities in late antiquity routledge classical monographs by richard miles editor isbn.
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. Reviewed by rebecca day university of birmingham late antiquity, as clark comments in her introductory chapter p. 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. Christians and their many identities in late antiquity, north africa. Much has been written in recent years about identities, understood as social, nested or constructing identities. Constructing identities download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Richard miles, constructing identities in late antiquity core.
Reuven kiperwasser high sea encounters in late antiquity. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. She specialises in work on the sociopolitical role of greek and latin literature in the roman empire. 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. The journal provides a venue for multidisciplinary coverage of all the methodological, geographical, and chronological facets of late antiquity. Lieve van hoof is a belgian classical scholar and research professor at the university of ghent. The formation of an anglosaxon society in the english peak district, 400700 a. Gender, memory, and identity in the roman world amsterdam.
Constructing identities in late antiquity pdf printer bitbin. Pdf roman identity in late antiquity, with special attention to gaul, in w. 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. 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. Constructed identities canada council for the arts. The polemic of individualized appellation in late antiquity studies. The study of construction and expression of identity in classical antiquity has. Constructing identities in late antiquity routledge classical. Gender and identity in musaeus hero and leander paula james. Religious identity in late antiquity by isabella sandwell.
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