Ancient Ethnography: New Approaches

Ancient Ethnography: New Approaches

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NB: This is a secondhand book. Please see condition notes at end of description. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Eran Almagor and Joseph Skinner

Format: Hardback

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This book is a collection of eleven original essays that explore the intellectual and cultural contexts of ancient ethnography, its transformation and development in antiquity, and its reception in the 19th century. It examines how ancient writers described and understood the cultures and peoples of the Mediterranean and beyond, and how these descriptions influenced modern scholarship and identity. The book also addresses the issues of culture, power, and identity that underlie ancient and modern notions of what it meant to be Greek, Roman, or ÔbarbarianÕ. The book was edited by Eran Almagor and Joseph Skinner, and published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2013. It has 279 pages., Condition Remarks: Very Good, , No dustjacket, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting, ,
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NB: This is a secondhand book. Please see condition notes at end of description. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Eran Almagor and Joseph Skinner

Format: Hardback

Number of Pages:


This book is a collection of eleven original essays that explore the intellectual and cultural contexts of ancient ethnography, its transformation and development in antiquity, and its reception in the 19th century. It examines how ancient writers described and understood the cultures and peoples of the Mediterranean and beyond, and how these descriptions influenced modern scholarship and identity. The book also addresses the issues of culture, power, and identity that underlie ancient and modern notions of what it meant to be Greek, Roman, or ÔbarbarianÕ. The book was edited by Eran Almagor and Joseph Skinner, and published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2013. It has 279 pages., Condition Remarks: Very Good, , No dustjacket, Pages intact, no marks, notes or highlighting, ,