Household Interests (Princeton Legacy Library, 378) - Hardcover
Household Interests is one of the first books to explore in-depth the nature of the Greek household (oikos) in classical Athens. Whereas the oikos traditionally has been defined as the household of the nuclear family in Greece, Cheryl Anne Cox reveals it as a much more fluid structure, taking care to distinguish between the concepts of "household" and "family." The legal basis of the typical elite household emerges as Cox describes marriage patterns or strategies among the families represented in Attic orations and funerary inscriptions: property interests were a strong motivating force, with the elite marrying within their kin, primarily through paternal lines in which property was transferred. The author ultimately shows that the household was not limited to "family" or kinspeople. Friends, neighbors, concubines or prostitutes, and slaves also shared in property interests and all could have a profound influence on the household.
After first examining marriage patterns, Cox turns to inter-family relationships. Using anthropological sources and historical studies of European societies, she shows how property interest shaped often conflicted relations between parents and their children and among brothers, and yet it encouraged male charity toward sisters. Cox next considers how property transfer through adoption, guardianship, and remarriage, and the intervention of friends, concubines, and slaves, all contributed to expanding the boundaries of the household beyond kin.
Originally published in 1998.
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Cheryl Anne Cox is Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Memphis.
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- PublisherPrinceton University Press
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0691015724
- ISBN 13 9780691015729
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages304
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Book Description 1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 253 pages; illustrations; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Families of the Private Orations -- Chapter 2. Town and Country, Marriage and Death -- Chapter 3. Harmony and Conflict within the Household -- Chapter 4. Sibling Relationships -- Chapter 5. What Was an Oikos? -- Chapter 6. The Nonkinsman, the Oikos, and the Household -- Conclusions -- Appendix. The Political Families -- References. Subjects: To 146 B.C.; Ancient; Families Greece Athens History; Public Policy Cultural Policy; Anthropology Cultural; Popular Culture; Families Greece Athens History; Greek World; Family Relations history; Households Greece; Athens (Greece) Social conditions; Greece Social conditions To 146 B.C. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 392566
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Book Description 1st edition. Very good cloth copy in a very good if somewhat dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 253 pages; illustrations; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-244) and index. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Families of the Private Orations -- Chapter 2. Town and Country, Marriage and Death -- Chapter 3. Harmony and Conflict within the Household -- Chapter 4. Sibling Relationships -- Chapter 5. What Was an Oikos? -- Chapter 6. The Nonkinsman, the Oikos, and the Household -- Conclusions -- Appendix. The Political Families -- References. Subjects: To 146 B.C.; Ancient; Families Greece Athens History; Public Policy Cultural Policy; Anthropology Cultural; Popular Culture; Families Greece Athens History; Greek World; Family Relations history; Households Greece; Athens (Greece) Social conditions; Greece Social conditions To 146 B.C. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 392566
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Household Interests Property, Marriage & Family Dynamics in Ancient Athens: Property, Marriage Strategies, and Family Dynamics in Ancient Athens (Princeton Legacy Library)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Book is fine. DJ has very minor shelfwear. ; Explores the nature of the Greek household "oikos" in classical Athens. Whereas the "oikos" traditionally has been defined as the household of the nuclear family in Greece, this text argues that it had a more fluid structure, taking care to distinguish between the concepts of "household" and "family". The legal basis of the typical elite household emerges in the description of marriage patterns or strategies among the families represented in Attic orations and funeral inscriptions. Property interests were a strong motivating force, with the elite marrying within their kin, primariliy thorugh paternal lines in which property was transferred. The author argues that the household was not limited to "family" or kinspeople. Friends, neighbours, concubines or prostitutes, and slaves also shared in property interests and all could have a profound influence on the household. ; 253 pages. Seller Inventory # 35340
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