Trade and Taboo : Disreputable Professions in the Roman Mediterranean /

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Trade and Taboo" investigates the legal, literary, social, and institutional creation of disrepute in ancient Roman society. It tracks the shifting application of stigmas of disrepute between the Republic and Late Antiquity by following groups of professionals - funeral workers, criers, tanners...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bond, Sarah E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social status.
Social conditions.
Professions.
Occupations.
HISTORY > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Statut social > Rome > Histoire.
Social status > Rome > History.
Occupations > Rome > History.
Professions > Rome > History.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Conditions sociales.
Rome > Histoire > 30 av. J.-C.-476 (Empire)
Rome > Social conditions.
Rome > History > Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Roman pride and prejudices
  • Quamvis indignus: criers, status, and soundscapes
  • Touch, pollution, and the mortuary trades in the Roman Mediterranean
  • Scent and sensibilities: tanners in the ancient Mediterranean
  • Currency and control: legal disrepute and associations of mint workers
  • Catering to pleasure: sensual trades in the later Roman Empire
  • Conclusion: inheriting the prejudices of Rome.

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