{"product_id":"a-companion-to-families-in-the-greek-and-roman-worlds-isbn-9781405187671","title":"A Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides up-to-date research on family structure from archaeology, art, social, cultural, and economic history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes contributions from established and rising international scholars\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures illustrations of families, children, slaves, and ritual life, along with maps and diagrams of sites and dwellings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHonorable Mention for 2011 Single Volume Reference\/Humanities \u0026amp; Social Sciences PROSE award granted by the Association of American Publishers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds 1\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeryl Rawson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Houses and Households 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Family and Household, Ancient History and Archeology: A Case Study from Roman Egypt 15\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eLisa Nevett \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e2 Space and Social Relationships in the Greek Oikos \u003c\/i\u003eof the Classical and Hellenistic Periods 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonika Trümper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Space and Social Relations in the Roman West 53\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJens-Arne Dickmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Household Composition in the Ancient Mediterranean – What Do We Really Know? 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabine R. Huebner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Royal Families of Argead Macedon and the Hellenistic World 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel Ogden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Monogamy and Polygyny 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Scheidel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Roman Family as Productive Unit 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Saller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Families of Roman Slaves and Freedmen 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHenrik Mouritsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Foreign Families in Roman Italy 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Noy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Soldiers' Families in the Early Roman Empire 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenelope Allison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Household as a Venue for Religious Conversion: The Case of Christianity 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKate Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 What We Do and Don't Know About Early Christian Families 198\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarolyn Osiek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Kinship, Marriage, Parents, And Children 215\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Consubstantiality, Incest, and Kinship in Ancient Greece 217\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJérôme Wilgaux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Marriage in Ancient Athens 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCheryl A. Cox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 From Ceremonial to Sexualities: A Survey of Scholarship on Roman Marriage 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuzanne Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Other People's Children 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Golden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Roman Life Course and the Family 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Parkin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Childbirth and Infancy in Greek and Roman Antiquity 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVéronique Dasen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Grieving for Lost Children, Pagan and Christian 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Laes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III the Legal Side 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Greek Law and the Family 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEva Cantarella\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Adoption and Heirship in Greece and Rome 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHugh Lindsay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Roman \"Horror\" of Intestacy? 361\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJane F. Gardner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Promoting pietas through Roman Law 377\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudith Evans Grubbs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV City and Country 393\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Greek Cities and Families 395\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSara Saba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 A Walk with the Dead: A Funerary Cityscape of Ancient Rome 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Johanson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Family and the Roman Countryside 431\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen L. Dyson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Ritual, Commemoration, Values 445\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Families and Religion in Classical Greece 447\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanett E. Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Picturing Greek Families 465\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAda Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Celebrating the Saturnalia: Religious Ritual and Roman Domestic Life 488\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFanny Dolansky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Ethos: The Socialization of Children in Education and Beyond 504\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeresa Morgan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Picturing the Roman Family 521\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet Huskinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Devotional Visuality in Family Funerary Monuments in the Roman World 542\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet H. Tulloch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 564\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 567\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 624\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e is a stimulating and valuable resource for the future of classical scholarship.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, 2011)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eBeryl Rawson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emerita and Adjunct Professor in Classics at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Friendship: Pompey and Cicero\u003c\/i\u003e (1978) and \u003ci\u003eChildren and Childhood in Roman Italy\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Family in Ancient Rome: New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eMarriage, Divorce and Children in Ancient Rome\u003c\/i\u003e (1991), and \u003ci\u003eThe Roman Family in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Paul Weaver, 1997).  Recent decades have witnessed a dramatic surge of interest in the study of families in the ancient Mediterranean world. Social history has only recently extended its scope to include women, children, slaves, and foreigners, giving birth to a new definition of ‘the family’ that recognizes the great diversity of family forms in classical antiquity. \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Families in the Greek and Roman Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e draws from both established and current scholarship to offer a broad and interdisciplinary overview of the field, engage in contemporary debates, and pose stimulating questions about future development in the study of families.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Employing new methodologies and relying on textual and visual evidence from a variety of disciplines, such as archaeology, art, law, and early Christianity, this international team of contributors presents important new insights into life in ancient Greece and Rome and serves to broaden our understanding of the social structures of classical antiquity.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988606697701,"sku":"NP9781405187671","price":250.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405187671.jpg?v=1761780946","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-families-in-the-greek-and-roman-worlds-isbn-9781405187671","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}