THE ROMAN HOUSE AND SOCIAL IDENTITY

por HALES, SHELLEY

CAMBRIDGE U. P.

THE ROMAN HOUSE AND SOCIAL IDENTITY

ISBN: 978-0-521-73509-4
Fecha de la edición: 2009
Edición Nº: 1
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Encuadernación: RUSTICA
Nº Pág.: 320

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Examines a diverse range of house types in an effort to understand how people imagined and articulated their place in the Roman world, from Britain to Syria. Shelly Hales considers the nature and role of domestic decoration and its role in promoting social identities. From the Egyptian themes of imperial residences in Italy, to the viticultural designs found in the rock-cut homes in Petra, this decoration consistently appeals to fantasies beyond the immediate realities of their inhabitants. Hales contends that fantasy served a key role in allowing individuals and communities to meet expectations and indulge aspirations, to confirm and to compete within the diverse empire. Employing a wide range of approaches to the study of the house and acculturation in the Roman Empire, her book serves as the first synthesis of Roman domestic architecture and offers new insights into the complexities and contradictions of being Roman.
o Discusses the role of art in domestic space o Surveys the entire empire, using case studies o Exploration of Romanness as expressed and experienced by those outside Rome


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