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Constructing identities in late antiquity / edited by Richard Miles.

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Examines the theme of identity: geographic, ethnic, religious, status and sex-based. Discussions of Roman texts and images show how constructions of identity and culture contributed to the creation of late antiquity" as a historical concept."

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Miles, Richard, 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Subjects:
Civilization, Classical.
Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature.
Christianity > Rome > Influence.
Rome > Cultural policy.
Rome > History > Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
Civilization, Ancient.
Christianity > Influence.
Cultural policy.
Rome (Empire)
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • CONSTRUCTING IDENTITIES IN LATE ANTIQUITY
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 2 THE WRITES OF PASSAGE
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 3 GENDER AND IDENTITY IN MUSAEUS' HERO AND LEANDER
  • Vocalising identities: dissent of a woman
  • Imbricating identities: Hero(ine) chic
  • Socialising identities: a deranged marriage
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 4 PRUDENTIUS' PSYCHOMACHIA
  • Introduction
  • The Christian conundrum
  • Locating the cultural space
  • Ambivalent associations
  • The bad and the beautiful
  • The cachet of suffering
  • On with the show
  • Luxuria: spicing up the spectacle
  • The sacrificial model
  • The final curtain
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 5 DRAMATIC IDENTITIES
  • Tragedy and performance in late antiquity
  • Tragedy, identity and the reception of the past
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 6 TRANSLATE INTO GREEK
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
  • V
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 7 AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL IDENTITY AND PHILOSOPHICAL PAST IN AUGUSTINE'S DIALOGUE
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • 8 THE DESTRUCTION OF STATUES IN LATE ANTIQUITY 1
  • Damnatio memoriae and the rules of disorder
  • Late antiquity
  • Christians and idols
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography
  • 9 WOMEN AND LEARNING
  • Men, women and Muses
  • Women without men
  • Christian images
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgement
  • Bibliography
  • 10 CONSTRUCTING THE JUDGE
  • The ideal judge
  • The judge in court
  • The corrupt judge
  • Accountability and the abuse of power
  • The Persecuting Judge
  • Image and accountability
  • Acknowledgement
  • Bibliography
  • 11 THE BARBARIAN IN LATE ANTIQUITY
  • Image and reality in the fourth century
  • Image and reality transformed
  • Bibliography
  • INDEX.

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