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The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World de Robert Garland

The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World: BCPaperbacks

Autor Robert Garland
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 aug 2010
This engrossing book was the first ever investigation into the plight of the disabled and deformed in Graeco-Roman society, drawing on a wealth of material, including literary texts, medical tracts, vase paintings, sculpture, mythology and ethnography. It is now issued in paperback for the first time with a new preface and updated bibliography.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781853997372
ISBN-10: 1853997374
Pagini: 280
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:00002
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bristol Classical Press
Seria BCPaperbacks

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

First-ever book-length investigation into the plight of the disabled and deformed in Graeco-Roman society

Notă biografică

Robert Garland is Professor of Classics at Colgate University, New York. He is the author of many books, including Hannibal (Ancients in Action series, 2010), Celebrity in Antiquity: From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens (Classical Inter/Faces series, 2006), Surviving Greek Tragedy (2004) and Religion and the Greeks (Classical World series, 1994).

Cuprins

Preface to the Second Edition Supplementary Bibliography Preface to the First Edition AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Survival of the Weakest 2. Half-Lives 3. The Roman Emperor in his Monstrous World 4. The Deformed and the Divine 5. Deriding the Disabled 6. The Physiognomic Consciousness 7. Images of the Deformed 8. Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 9. Towards a Teratology 10. Racial Deformity Conclusions Glossary Notes Bibliography Index Locorum General Index

Recenzii

... should be read by everyone with a concern for where we come from morally, intellectually, politically and culturally.
Garland's enthusiasm and erudition have produced one of the most readable and informative books of recent years in the field of ancient social history ... an excellent introduction to the subject.

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This engrossing book was the first ever investigation into the plight of the disabled and deformed in Graeco-Roman society, drawing on a wealth of material, including literary texts, medical tracts, vase paintings, sculpture, mythology and ethnography. It is now issued in paperback for the first time with a new preface and updated bibliography.