The Family, Women and Death

ISBN-13: 9781032594668 / Twarda / 2023 / 276 str.

S.C. Humphreys

Opis

Originally published in 1983 and as a second edition in 1993, this book deals with 3 universal but culturally variable phenomena: the family, women and death.

Recenzje

‘There is stimulating material here…’ P. J. Rhodes, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 105

Spis treści

Introduction. 1. Oikos and polis 2. Public and Private Interests in Classical Athens 3. Women in Antiquity Appendix 1: Greeks and ‘others’ Appendix 2: Greek Sexuality 4. The Family in Classical Athens: Search for a Perspective 5. Family Tombs and Tomb-Cult in Classical Athens: Tradition or Traditionalism? 6. Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City Part 1: (A. Momigliano) Part 2: (SCH) 7. Death and Time 8. Comparative Perspectives on Death.

O autorze

S. C. Humphreys is Professor Emerita of History, Anthropology and Greek at the University of Michigan, USA.