Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity

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Beskrivning

As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihood that nearly a third of all children in the ancient Mediterranean world were fatherless before they turned fifteen. The proportion of children raised by single mothers, relatives, step-parents, or others was thus at least as high in antiquity as it is today. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact high levels of chronic father-absence had on the cultures, politics, and families of the ancient world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum: 2009-02-19
Mått: 160 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt: 700 g
Format: Inbunden
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 350
Förlag: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521490504

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Mer om författaren

Sabine R. Hubner is a Visiting Research Scholar at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University and an adjunct Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University. David M. Ratzan holds degrees in Classics from Yale University and Clare College, Cambridge. He is currently finishing his doctoral work at Columbia University on the social and economic history of contract in Roman Egypt.

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'Uniformly excellent … The chapters in this book are very effective reminders of the lasting emotional distress of growing up without a father … this book represents a welcome attempt to supplement demographic studies of ancient families with investigations of specific situations involving historical actors and literary characters.' Raymond Van Dam, AHB Online Reviews

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