Work, identity, and legal status at Rome : a study of the occupational inscriptions /
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| Author / Creator: | Joshel, Sandra R. (Sandra Rae), 1947- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, c1992. |
| Description: | xvi, 238 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Oklahoma series in classical culture v. 11 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1312580 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Listening to Silence: Problems in the Epistemology of Muted Groups. The Problem of Exclusion: Literature and Inscription. Strategies of Listening: Women's History and Ethnography. The Occupational Inscriptions: Sampling and Analysis. The Occupational Inscriptions and Roman Social History. Work, Identity, and Legal Status at Rome
- Ch. 2. Slavery, Freedom, and the Construction of Identity. Legal Status: The Components of What Was Given. Formal Nomenclature and Status Indication: What's in a Name? Assessing Legal Status: What They Did and What We Can Know. The Legal Status of Men and Women with Occupational Title. Toward an Understanding of the Significance of Occupational Title
- Ch. 3. The Meanings of Work. Naming and Claiming: Attitudes Toward Work in Latin Literature. Occupational Structure: The Work Named in Roman Inscriptions. Occupational Titles and the Needs of Rome's Elite. Naming and Claiming: Commercial Success and Professional Prestige
- Ch. 4. Work in Its Social Context: The Question of Community. Two Occupational Structures and the Movement Between Two Worlds. Work, Status, and Community: Household, Shop, and Collegium
- Ch. 5. The Re-formation of What Was Given. The Question of Predominance. The Freed Artisan: Framing a Free Present. The Domestic Servant: Reframing the Terms of Power and Dependence. Appendix 1: Some Useful Terms
- Appendix 2: Occupational Categories and Glossary
- Appendix 3: The Roman Population with Occupational Titles.