Children and family in late antiquity : life, death and interaction
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Children and family in late antiquity : life, death and interaction
（Interdisciplinary studies in ancient culture and religion / editor, Leonard V. Rutgers, 15）
Peeters, 2015
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Includes bibliographical reference (p. [325]-366) and index
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Description
This volume continues the series of five previous Roman Family
publications, and puts special focus on social history and living
conditions in the familial contexts. It concentrates on three
interlinked aspects of family life and interaction: liminal situations
regarding demography and ecological factors that lay down the framework
for family life, liminal conditions on the edges of familial life
regarding child labour, child slaves and sexual attitudes towards
children, and local traditions which confront us with people and
cultures at the borders of the Roman Empire.
By focusing on three
recurring points of departure (Late Antiquity, children and childhood,
and the encounter between various cultures), and by presenting a wide
variety of methodological approaches (from rhetorical analysis of
discourses to statistical analysis, and from experiential life stories
to iconographic analysis), the present volume offers a view on the
status quaestionis of Roman family studies, and widens the
thematic points of departure for the study of the Roman family, thus
hopefully pointing to fruitful directions for further studies.
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