Title Negotiating identity in the ancient Mediterranean : the archaic and classical Greek multiethnic emporia / Denise Demetriou

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012 ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Emporion -- Gravisca -- Naukratis -- Pistiros -- Peiraieus -- Conclusion Summary "The Mediterranean basin was a multicultural region with a great diversity of linguistic, religious, social, and ethnic groups. This dynamic social and cultural landscape encouraged extensive contact and exchange among different communities. This book seeks to explain what happened when different ethnic, social, linguistic, and religious groups, among others, came into contact with each other, especially in multiethnic commercial settlements located throughout the region. What means did they employ to mediate their interactions? How did each group construct distinct identities while interacting with others? What new identities came into existence because of these contacts? Professor Demetriou brings together several strands of scholarship that have emerged recently, especially in ethnic, religious, and Mediterranean studies. She reveals new aspects of identity construction in the region, examining the Mediterranean as a whole, and focuses not only on ethnic identity but also on other types of collective identities, such as civic, linguistic, religious, and social"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-283) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Ethnic groups -- Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 476 Culture conflict -- Mediterranean Region Group identity -- Mediterranean Region National characteristics, Mediterranean. HISTORY -- Ancient -- General. HISTORY -- Ancient -- Greece. Civilization Commerce Culture conflict Ethnic groups Group identity National characteristics, Mediterranean Social conditions Antike Ethnische Identität Kulturkontakt Handel SUBJECT Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 476. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005633 Mediterranean Region -- Commerce Mediterranean Region -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005010 Mediterranean Region -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85083231 Subject Mediterranean Region Mittelmeerraum Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781316348598 1316348598 9781316347317 1316347311 1316348059 9781316348055 1139094637 9781139094634 1316345246 9781316345245 1316346331 9781316346334 1316345793 9781316345795

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