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The History Written on the Classical Greek Body (Wiles Lectures)

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This book challenges historians to come to terms with the distortions they systematically introduce by reliance on what has been written on paper without looking at what was & wasn't written on the body. This book is concerned with ways in which texts relating to classical Greece, particularly Athens, classified people & with the extent to which those categories could be seen. It compares the qualities distinguished in texts to those distinguished in sculpture & painted pottery, emphasizing the frequent invisibility of the categories upon which historians have most relied: citizens, free persons, foreigners, even gods. The frequent impossibility of seeing who belonged to which category has major political, social & theological implications explored here.
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Writing History on the Classical Body
The Appearance of the Classical Greek Body
The Distinguished Body
The Citizen Body
Foreign Bodies
Dirty Bodies
Godsbodies
Telling Bodies
References
Index

Language: English

Pages: 276

Format: Paperback

Release: July 31, 2011

ISBN 13: 9780521176705

The History Written on the Classical Greek Body (Wiles Lectures)

0/5 ( ratings)

This book challenges historians to come to terms with the distortions they systematically introduce by reliance on what has been written on paper without looking at what was & wasn't written on the body. This book is concerned with ways in which texts relating to classical Greece, particularly Athens, classified people & with the extent to which those categories could be seen. It compares the qualities distinguished in texts to those distinguished in sculpture & painted pottery, emphasizing the frequent invisibility of the categories upon which historians have most relied: citizens, free persons, foreigners, even gods. The frequent impossibility of seeing who belonged to which category has major political, social & theological implications explored here.
List of Illustrations
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Writing History on the Classical Body
The Appearance of the Classical Greek Body
The Distinguished Body
The Citizen Body
Foreign Bodies
Dirty Bodies
Godsbodies
Telling Bodies
References
Index

Language: English

Pages: 276

Format: Paperback

Release: July 31, 2011

ISBN 13: 9780521176705

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