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Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome

A Study of the Occupational Inscriptions
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What was daily life like for a working man or woman in the Roman Empire? What was the meaning of labour for the labourer? Roman authors (who seldom were workers) depicted workers in ancient Rome but generally used stereotypes intended to amuse the upper class. "Common" men and women did write of their own lives, often poignantly and eloquently, in their epitaphs and votive dedications. At death they claimed the identity they had worked a lifetime to create. For many, the identity centered on occupation. In "Work, Identity and Legal Status at Rome", Sandra R. Joshel examines Roman commemorative inscriptions from the 1st and 2nd centuries AD to determine ways in which slaves, freed slaves and unprivileged freeborn citizens used work to frame their identities. In the minutiae of the epitaphs and dedications she identifies the "language" of the inscriptions, through which the voiceless classes of Ancient Rome spoke. Drawing on sociology, anthropology, enthnography and women's history, this thoroughly documented volume illuminates the dynamics of work and slavery at Rome.

Author Biography:

Sandra R. Joshel, who holds a doctoral degree in history from Rutgers University, teaches at the New England conservatory of Music.
Release date NZ
March 30th, 1993
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Undergraduate
Illustrations
21 figures
Pages
256
Dimensions
140x215x20
ISBN-13
9780806124445
Product ID
7477802

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