
Tales of the Barbarians
Ethnography and Empire in the Roman West
Greg Woolf(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 7. January 2011
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-4051-6073-5 (ISBN)
Description
Tales of the Barbarians traces the creation of new mythologies in the wake of Roman expansion westward to the Atlantic, and offers the first application of modern ethnographic theory to ancient material.
* Investigates the connections between empire and knowledge at the turn of the millennia, and the creation of new histories in the Roman West
* Explores how ancient geography, local histories and the stories of wandering heroes were woven together by Greek scholars and local experts
* Offers a fresh perspective by examining passages from ancient writers in a new light
Reviews / Votes
"A work of fundamental importance for students of ancient ethnography. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 November 2011) "By contrast, Woolf has rendered the topic in crisp and elegant prose. This reviewer suspects that, like good ancient ethnography, Woolf's contribution will very soon take on a life of its own". (Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 25 July 2011)More details
Product info
gebunden
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
419 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-6073-5 (9781405160735)
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Greg Woolf is Professor of Ancient History at the University of St. Andrews. He is the author of Becoming Roman: The Origins of Provincial Civilization in Gaul (1998), as well as the co-editor of Literacy and Power in the Ancient World (1994), and Rome the Cosmopolis (2003). In addition, Professor Woolf is editor of the Journal of Roman Studies and has written numerous articles on Roman history.
Content
Translations Used
Introduction
1. Telling Tales on the Middle Ground
2. Explaining the Barbarians
3. Ethnography and Empire
4. Enduring Fictions?
Notes
References
General Index
Index of Main Passages Discussed