Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity

Sabine R. Hubner

ISBN 10: 1107404061 / ISBN 13: 9781107404069

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2011

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107404061
• ISBN 13: 9781107404069
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 19D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 508 grams

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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.