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Author Revell, Louise

Title Ways of being Roman : discourses of identity in the Roman West / Louise Revell
Published Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2016

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Contents Identity in Roman archaeology -- Ideas of Roman ethnicity -- A poly-ethnic empire -- A new provincial elite -- Looking for the non-elite -- Gendering the provinces -- Age and ageing
Summary "This book examines the question of identity in the Roman provinces of the western empire. It takes an innovative approach in looking at the wider discourses or ideologies through which an individual sense of self was learnt and expressed. This wide-ranging survey considers ethnic identity, status, gender, and age. Rather than constructing a paradigm of the 'ideal' of any specific aspect of personal identity, it looks at some of the wider cultural ideas which were drawn upon in differentiating groups of people and the variability within this. It focuses on the daily and mundane practices of everyday life through which identities were internalised and communicated"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Identity (Psychology) -- Social aspects -- Rome -- Provinces -- History
Ethnicity -- Rome -- Provinces -- History
Social status -- Rome -- Provinces -- History
Gender identity -- Rome -- Provinces -- History
Age groups -- Rome -- Provinces -- History
Roman provinces -- Social conditions.
Roman provinces -- Antiquities.
Social archaeology -- Rome -- Provinces
Roman provinces -- Antiquities
Roman provinces -- Social conditions
SUBJECT Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115127
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115160
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2015044065
ISBN 9781785701887
1785701886
9781785701894
1785701894
9781785701900
1785701908