The Eye of the Beholder
Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World
Published on 31. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-85399-737-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
'... should be read by everyone with a concern for where we come from morally, intellectually, politically and culturally' - Paul Cartledge, Times Higher Educational Supplement. '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' - Tim Parkin, Classical Review.More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85399-737-2 (9781853997372)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
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).
Content
Preface to the Second Edition
Supplementary Bibliography
Preface to the First Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. 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
Supplementary Bibliography
Preface to the First Edition
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. 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