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Dining Posture in Ancient Rome : Bodies, Values, and Status /

"This book investigates the meaning and importance of the three principal dining postures - reclining, sitting, and standing - in the period 200 B.C.-A.D. 200. It explores the social values and distinctions associated with each of the postures and with the diners who assumed them. Roller shows...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Roller, Matthew B., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"This book investigates the meaning and importance of the three principal dining postures - reclining, sitting, and standing - in the period 200 B.C.-A.D. 200. It explores the social values and distinctions associated with each of the postures and with the diners who assumed them. Roller shows that dining posture was entangled with a variety of pressing social issues, such as gender roles and relations, sexual values, rites of passage, and distinctions among the slave, freed, and freeborn conditions."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations (some color)
ISBN:9781400888245