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"This translation of the author's 1988 Italian work of the same name represents a welcome application to Latin studies of the kind of anthropological/linguistic research now widely done in Greek... One feels intellectual excitement at the novelty of Bettini's approach together with a sense of security at finding oneself grounded in traditional philology and unembarrassed affection for European literary culture." -- Classical World
How did Roman family relationships differ from our own? What metaphors did the Romans use to express abstractions such as time? What can we learn from the cultural symbols of their religion and literature? In Anthropology and Roman Culture, Maurizio Bettini employs the methods of structural anthropology to examine a series of social, ethical, and religious issues characteristic of Roman culture in the classical period.
Bettini begins by examining the system of kinship within the extended Roman family. He shows how the "stern" Roman father and "indulgent" Roman mother had their exact counterparts elsewhere in the family: the harsh "father's brother" (patruus) and the tolerant "mother's brother" (avunculus). He discusses the complex Roman spatial conception of time (in which the future, for instance, could be said to lie "behind" as well as "ahead" of us), applying his findings in an analysis of Roman literature and culture. And he examines the cultural symbolism of the bee, the butterfly, and the bat, all of which served to represent the survival of the human soul after death.
Recent classical scholarship has seen the successful application of an anthropological approach to Greek studies. Maurizio Bettini has shown the ways in which this practice can benefit Roman studies as well. Drawing on a wide range of literary and documentary sources, Anthropology and Roman Culture is now available for the first time in English translation.
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Buchbeschreibung Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:0801841046. Artikel-Nr. 9848551
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Buchbeschreibung 8vo. pp xiv, 334. Black and white illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering at spine. ISBN: 0801841046 Marked at edges of text block, boards a little faded, front top left corner bumped, else content clean. Good+ in toned, slightly faded at spine, good+ dust jacket. Artikel-Nr. C63975
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