Souvenirs and the experience of empire in ancient Rome / Maggie L. Popkin, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Popkin, Maggie L., 1981- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Souvenirs (Keepsakes)--Rome.

Souvenirs (Keepsakes).

Rome--Social life and customs.

Rome.

Rome--Civilization.

Civilization.

Manners and customs.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

xvi, 325 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

"This book offers the first in-depth investigation of souvenirs from the Roman Empire commemorating places, people, and spectacles. Straddling spheres of religion, spectacle, leisure, and politics, souvenirs offer a unique resource for exploring the experiences, interests, imaginations, and aspirations of people living in the Roman world beyond elite, metropolitan men. Popkin shows how souvenirs generated and shaped memory and knowledge and constructed imagined cultural affinities across the empire's heterogeneous population. At the same time, souvenirs strengthened local and regional identities and excluded certain groups from the social participation they afforded so many others. Adopting a fundamentally multidisciplinary approach, this book demonstrates how souvenirs-affordable, portable, and widely accessible-were critical to shaping how Romans perceived and conceptualized their world and their relationships to the empire that shaped it"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Souvenirs Of The Roman Empire

PART I

2. Souvenirs Of Cult Statues

3. Souvenirs Of Cities And Sites

4. Memory, Knowledge, And Cultural Affinities

PART II

5. Souvenirs Of The Circus And Arena

6. Souvenirs of the Theater

7. Imagining the Roman Empire

8. Conclusion: Rethinking Rome.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Popkin, Maggie, 1981- Souvenirs and the experience of empire in ancient Rome

ISBN:

9781316517567

131651756X

9781009045643

1009045644

OCLC:

1293985878