RECONSTRUCTING THE SLAVE: THE IMAGE OF THE SLAVE IN ANCIENT GREECE.

WRENHAVEN, Kelly L.

ISBN 10: 0715638025 / ISBN 13: 9780715638026

Published by Bristol Classical Press, London, 2012

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8vo. Pp: ix, 195. Black dust jacket with illustration to front and orange and white lettering. Publisher's original black boards with gilt lettering at spine. ISBN: 9780715638026 Very good boards, contents sound and clean, in very good minus dust jacket. Small tear in top corner of dust jacket and jacket itself is slightly out of tune and creased.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RECONSTRUCTING THE SLAVE: THE IMAGE OF THE SLAVE IN ANCIENT GREECE.
• Publisher: Bristol Classical Press, London
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0715638025
• ISBN 13: 9780715638026
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

Although the importance of slavery to Greek society has long been recognised, most studies have primarily drawn upon representations of slaves as sources of evidence for the historical institution, while there has been little consideration of what the representations can tell us about how the Greeks perceived slaves and why. Although historical reality clearly played a part in the way slaves were represented, Reconstructing the Slave stresses that this was not the primary purpose of these images, which reveal more about how slave-owners perceived or wanted to perceive slaves than the reality of slavery. Through an examination of lexical, visual and literary representations of slaves, the book considers how the image of the slave was used to justify, reinforce and naturalize slavery in ancient Greece.

About the Author

Kelly L. Wrenhaven is Associate Professor of Classics, Cleveland State University, USA.