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Zusatztext This is an interesting, generally well-edited book that extends our knowledge of the Roman family and children's roles within it. The essays explore the ways in which actual practice could differ from the normative familial model. ... Those interested in ancient family life will profit from reading them. Informationen zum Autor Veronique Dasen is Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Fribourg Thomas Spath is Professor of Ancient Cultures and Constructions of Antiquity, University of Bern Klappentext A collection of essays which draws together the perspectives of various disciplines to provide a multifaceted picture of the Roman family, and of the role of children as transmitters of familial memory, from the 1st century BCE to Late Antiquity and the Christian period. Zusammenfassung A collection of essays which draws together the perspectives of various disciplines to provide a multifaceted picture of the Roman family, and of the role of children as transmitters of familial memory, from the 1st century BCE to Late Antiquity and the Christian period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. Family Identities and Traditions 1: Catherine Baroin: Ancestors as Models: Memory and the Construction of Gentilician Identity 2: Ann-Cathrin Harders: Roman Patchwork Families: Surrogate Parenting, Socialization and the Shaping of Tradition 3: Francesca Prescendi: Children and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge 4: Michel E. Fuchs: Women and Children in Ancient Landscape 5: VÃ(c)ronique Dasen: Wax and Plaster Memories: Children in Elite and Non-Elite Strategies 6: Thomas Spÿth: Cicero, Tullia, and Marcus: Gender-Specific Concerns for Family Tradition? 7: Ville Vuolanto: Children and the Memory of Parents in the Late Roman World II. Children on the Margins? 8: Beryl Rawson: Degrees of Freedom, Vernae and Junian Latins in the Roman Familia 9: Francesca Mencacci: Modestia vs licentia: Seneca on Childhood and Status in the Roman Family 10: Christian Laes: Delicia-Children Revisited: The Evidence of Statius' Silvae 11: Danielle Gourevitch: The Sick Child in his Family: A Risk for the Family Tradition 12: Judith Evans Grubbs: Hidden in Plain Sight: Expositi in the Community 13: Philippe Moreau: Rome: The Invisible Children of Incest ...
List of contents
- Introduction
- I. Family Identities and Traditions
- 1: Catherine Baroin: Ancestors as Models: Memory and the Construction of Gentilician Identity
- 2: Ann-Cathrin Harders: Roman Patchwork Families: Surrogate Parenting, Socialization and the Shaping of Tradition
- 3: Francesca Prescendi: Children and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge
- 4: Michel E. Fuchs: Women and Children in Ancient Landscape
- 5: VÃ(c)ronique Dasen: Wax and Plaster Memories: Children in Elite and Non-Elite Strategies
- 6: Thomas Spÿth: Cicero, Tullia, and Marcus: Gender-Specific Concerns for Family Tradition?
- 7: Ville Vuolanto: Children and the Memory of Parents in the Late Roman World
- II. Children on the Margins?
- 8: Beryl Rawson: Degrees of Freedom, Vernae and Junian Latins in the Roman Familia
- 9: Francesca Mencacci: Modestia vs licentia: Seneca on Childhood and Status in the Roman Family
- 10: Christian Laes: Delicia-Children Revisited: The Evidence of Statius' Silvae
- 11: Danielle Gourevitch: The Sick Child in his Family: A Risk for the Family Tradition
- 12: Judith Evans Grubbs: Hidden in Plain Sight: Expositi in the Community
- 13: Philippe Moreau: Rome: The Invisible Children of Incest
