Negotiating identity in the ancient Mediterranean : the archaic and classical Greek multiethnic emporia / Denise Demetriou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demetriou, Denise, 1976-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Group identity.

Commerce.

Culture conflict.

Ethnic groups.

History.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Mediterranean Region.

Ethnic groups--Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Culture conflict--Mediterranean Region.

Mediterranean Region--Commerce.

Group identity--Mediterranean Region.

National characteristics, Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Region--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Mediterranean Region--Civilization.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xi, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Summary:

"The Mediterranean basin was a multicultural region with a great diversity of linguistic, religious, social, and ethnic groups. This dynamic social and cultural landscape encouraged extensive contact and exchange among different communities. This book seeks to explain what happened when different ethnic, social, linguistic, and religious groups, among others, came into contact with each other, especially in multiethnic commercial settlements located throughout the region. What means did they employ to mediate their interactions? How did each group construct distinct identities while interacting with others? What new identities came into existence because of these contacts? Professor Demetriou brings together several strands of scholarship that have emerged recently, especially in ethnic, religious, and Mediterranean studies. She reveals new aspects of identity construction in the region, examining the Mediterranean as a whole, and focuses not only on ethnic identity but also on other types of collective identities, such as civic, linguistic, religious, and social"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Emporion

2. Gravisca

3. Naukratis

4. Pistiros

5. Peiraieus

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107019447

1107019443

OCLC:

785872018

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