Ethnography after antiquity : foreign lands and peoples in Byzantine literature /

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This explores the modes and motivations of Byzantine ethnographic writing, shedding new light on how Byzantines distinguished themselves from foreign cultures.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kaldellis, Anthony (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Empire and after.
Subjects:
Byzantine literature > Themes, motives.
Cultural awareness > Byzantine Empire.
Ethnic attitudes in literature.
Ethnic attitudes > Byzantine Empire.
Ethnology > Byzantine Empire.
Foreign countries in literature.
Littérature byzantine > Thèmes, motifs.
Sensibilisation aux cultures > Empire byzantin.
Attitudes ethniques dans la littérature.
Attitudes ethniques > Empire byzantin.
Ethnologie > Empire byzantin.
Pays étrangers dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Ancient & Classical.
Cultural awareness
Ethnic attitudes
Ethnic attitudes in literature
Ethnology
Foreign countries in literature
Byzantine Empire
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ethnography in Late Antique Historiography
  • Byzantine Information : Gathering Behind the Veil of Silence
  • Explaining the Relative Decline of Ethnography in the Middle Period
  • The Genres and Politics of Middle Byzantine Ethnography
  • Ethnography in Palaiologan Literature
  • Epilogue : Looking to a New World.

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