Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity

Sabine R. Hübner

ISBN 10: 0521490502 / ISBN 13: 9780521490504

Published by Cambridge University Press, GB, 2009

As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihood that nearly a third of all children in the ancient Mediterranean world were fatherless before they turned fifteen. The proportion of children raised by single mothers, relatives, step-parents, or others was thus at least as high in antiquity as it is today. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact high levels of chronic father-absence had on the cultures, politics, and families of the ancient world. Seller Inventory # LU-9780521490504

Synopsis:

As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient. While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihood that nearly a third of all children in the ancient Mediterranean world were fatherless before they turned fifteen. The proportion of children raised by single mothers, relatives, step-parents, or others was thus at least as high in antiquity as it is today. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact high levels of chronic father-absence had on the cultures, politics, and families of the ancient world.

Book Description: Probably one-third of all children under fifteen in the ancient Mediterranean world were raised by single mothers, relatives, or step-parents. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact such high levels of chronic father-absence had on the societies, cultures, politics and families of this world.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, GB
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardback
Condition: New