Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome: A Study of the Occupational Inscriptions (Volume 11) (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture) - Softcover

Joshel, Sandra R.

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9780806124445: Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome: A Study of the Occupational Inscriptions (Volume 11) (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture)
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ISBN 10: 080612444X ISBN 13: 9780806124445
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1993

Synopsis

In Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome, Sandra R. Joshel examines Roman commemorative inscriptions from the first and second centuries A.D. to determine ways in which slaves, freed slaves, and unprivileged freeborn citizens used work to frame their identities. The inscriptions indicate the significance of work-as a source of community, a way to reframe the conditions of legal status, an assertion of activity against upper-class passivity, and a standard of assessment based on economic achievement rather than birth.

Drawing on sociology, anthropology, ethnography, and women’s history, this thoroughly documented volume illuminates the dynamics of work and slavery at Rome.

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About the Author

Sandra R. Joshel, who holds a doctoral degree in history from Rutgers University, teaches at the New England conservatory of Music.

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Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
080612444X
ISBN 13 
9780806124445
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
256
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