{"product_id":"a-companion-to-ethnicity-in-the-ancient-mediterranean-isbn-9781444337341","title":"A Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive collection of essays contributed by Classical Studies scholars that explore questions relating to ethnicity in the ancient Mediterranean world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers topics of ethnicity in civilizations ranging from ancient Egypt and Israel, to Greece and Rome, and into Late Antiquity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures cutting-edge research on ethnicity relating to Philistine, Etruscan, and Phoenician identities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReveals the explicit relationships between ancient and modern ethnicities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces an interpretation of ethnicity as an active component of social identity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRepresents a fundamental questioning of formally accepted and fixed categories in the field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Ethnicity: An Introduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeremy McInerney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Ethnicity and Language in the Ancient Mediterranean 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarald Haarmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Mediterranean Archaeology and Ethnicity 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. Bernard Knapp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ethnicity and World-Systems Analysis 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas D. Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Ancient Ethnicity and Modern Identity 66\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohannes Siapkas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Bronze Age Identities: From Social to Cultural and Ethnic Identity 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKristian Kristiansen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Networks and Ethnogenesis 97\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnna C. F. Collar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ethnic Identities, Borderlands, and Hybridity 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary Reger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Hittites and Anatolian Ethnic Diversity 127\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrevor R. Bryce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Hybridity, \u003ci\u003eHapiru\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Archaeology of Ethnicity in Second Millennium\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBCE Western Asia 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnn E. Killebrew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Ethnicity in Empire: Assyrians and Others 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoff Emberling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Achaemenids, Royal Power, and Persian Ethnicity 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Gates-Foster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Nubian and Egyptian Ethnicity 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStuart Tyson Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 The Study of Greek Ethnic Identities 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNino Luraghi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Ethnicity and Local Myth 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngela Ganter, née Kühr\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Autochthony in Ancient Greece 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Roy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Ethnicity and the Stage 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEfi Papadodima\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Ethnos and Koinon 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Mackil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Messenia, Ethnic Identity, and Contingency 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander Thein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Ethnicity and Geography 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Black Sea Ethnicities 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGocha R. Tsetskhladze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Greeks and Phoenicians in the Western Mediterranean 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorinne Bonnet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Herodotus and Ethnicity 341\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosaria Vignolo Munson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Ethnicity and Representation 356\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eS. Rebecca Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Ethnicity: Greeks, Jews, and Christians 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAaron P. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Greek Ethnicity and the Second Sophistic 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam M. Kemezis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Ethnicity and the Etruscans 405\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNancy T. de Grummond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Romans and Jews 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eErich S. Gruen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Romans and Italians 437\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary D. Farney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Roman Elite Ethnicity 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParshia Lee-Stecum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Ethnicity in Roman Religion 470\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJörg Rüpke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Ethnicity and Gender 483\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKathryn Lomas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Ethnicity in the Roman Northwest 497\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUrsula Rothe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Lucanians and Southern Italy 514\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn W. Wonder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Who Are You? Africa and Africans 527\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrent D. Shaw\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Becoming Roman Again: Roman Ethnicity and Italian Identity 541\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eValentina Follo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Goths and Huns 555\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Pohl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Overall, this 'companion' is a successful one. It offers a wide introduction to the many aspects of ethnicity in the ancient world. The chapters are well written and additional suggestions on further reading are helpful. The book is well suited to undergraduate and graduate reading lists; it is also a valuable tool for the general reader.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eJesper Majbom Madsen, Orbis Terrarum\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eTHE EDITOR  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeremy McInerney\u003c\/b\u003e is the Davidson Kennedy Professor of Classical Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Cattle of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eThe Folds of Parnassos\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA COMPANION TO \u003cb\u003eETHNICITY IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEDITED BY JEREMY M\u003csmall\u003eC\u003c\/small\u003eINERNEY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, ethnic conflicts and \"ethnic cleansing\" have become all-too familiar topics in the news and have focused renewed academic attention on the subject of ethnic identity. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean\u003c\/i\u003e presents a comprehensive collection of essays that explore questions relating to ethnicity and cultural identity in the societies of the ancient Mediterranean world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing contributions from a wide range of Ancient Studies scholars and specialists from around the world, chapters span diverse civilizations ranging from ancient Egypt and Israel, through Greece and Rome, and into Late Antiquity. Essays explore modern theories of ethnic identity formation and reveal the perennial complexity of questions relating to ethnicity. A discussion of ethnicity by ancient and modern writers also offers a vector of interpretation vital to the understanding of many foundational cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScholarly and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Ethnicity in the Ancient Mediterranean\u003c\/i\u003e offers extraordinary insights into the roots of ancient ethnic identities and their links to the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988606468325,"sku":"NP9781444337341","price":219.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444337341.jpg?v=1761780945","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-ethnicity-in-the-ancient-mediterranean-isbn-9781444337341","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}