Disabilities in Roman Antiquity

Disabilities in Roman Antiquity
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9789004251250
ISBN-13 : 9004251251
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Book Synopsis Disabilities in Roman Antiquity by : Christian Laes

Download or read book Disabilities in Roman Antiquity written by Christian Laes and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-05-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume ever to systematically study the subject of disabilities in the Roman world. The contributors examine the topic a capite ad calcem, from head to toe. Chapters deal with mental and intellectual disability, alcoholism, visual impairment, speech disorders, hermaphroditism, monstrous births, mobility problems, osteology and visual representations of disparate bodies. The authors fully engage with literary, papyrological, and epigraphical sources, while iconography and osteo-archaeology are taken into account. Also the late ancient evidence is taken into account. Refraining from a radical constructionist standpoint, the contributors acknowledge the possibility of discovering significant differences in the way impairment was culturally viewed or assessed.


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