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

Sandra R. Joshel

ISBN 10: 080612444X / ISBN 13: 9780806124445

Published by University of Oklahoma Press, 1993

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256 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Work, Identity, and Legal Status of Rome: A Study of the Occupational Inscriptions (Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture, Vol 11)
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080612444X
• ISBN 13: 9780806124445
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.34 kilograms

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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.

About the Author

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