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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Demetriou, Denise, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Ethnic groups.

National characteristics, Mediterranean.

Group identity--Mediterranean Region.

Group identity.

Culture conflict--Mediterranean Region.

Culture conflict.

Mediterranean Region--History--To 476.

Mediterranean Region.

Mediterranean Region--Civilization.

Mediterranean Region--Social conditions.

Mediterranean Region--Commerce.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 292 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

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 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.

Contents:

Emporion

Gravisca

Naukratis

Pistiros

Peiraieus

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Aug 2021).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-34617-X

1-139-09463-7

1-316-34524-6

1-316-34746-X

1-316-34633-1

1-316-34731-1

1-316-34579-3

1-316-34859-8