Description
Originally published in 1983 and as a second edition in 1993, this book deals with 3 universal but culturally variable phenomena: the family, women and death. The book poses questions about our own ways of looking at the family and private life, at sex and gender and at death, by analysing ancient Greek ideas and by showing how researchers' presuppositions have been influenced by their own culture and experience. The views of Fustel de Coulanges on the place of tomb-cult in the evolution of the family in the ancient world are critically examined and related to their 19th Century context; the study of the classical Athenian family is related to current historical and sociological debates on the separation between public and private life.
About the Author
S. C. Humphreys is Professor Emerita of History, Anthropology and Greek at the University of Michigan, USA.
Reviews
'There is stimulating material here...' P. J. Rhodes, The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 105
Book Information
ISBN 9781032594699
Author S.C. Humphreys
Format Paperback
Page Count 226
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
