Marginalised Populations in the Ancient Greek World : : The Bioarchaeology of the Other / / Carrie Weaver.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Weaver, Carrie,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Intersectionality in Classical Antiquity : ICA
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 32 B/W illustrations

Explores literary, visual, material and biological evidence of marginality in the ancient Greek worldProvides the first comprehensive and contextual treatment of the biological evidence for marginality in the ancient Greek worldArgues that intersectionality was the driving factor behind social marginalisation in the Late Archaic/Classical Greek worldConsiders social marginalisation from the vantage point of mortuary evidenceStudies of the ancient Greek world have typically focused on the life histories of elite males as the group that has made the most distinct mark on ancient Greek literature, art and material culture. As a result, the voices of foreigners, the physically impaired, the impoverished and the generally disenfranchised have been silent, which has substantially complicated the creation of a historical narrative of these marginalised groups.To address this lacuna, previous research has turned to the limited evidence found in literature and material culture to reconstruct societal attitudes toward disenfranchised peoples. This book departs from that approach by primarily considering the skeletal remains and burial contexts of the individuals themselves. Drawing upon literary, artistic, material and biological evidence, it sheds new light on groups of individuals who were typically relegated to the periphery of Greek society in the Late Archaic and Classical periods.Offering the first comprehensive treatment of the biological evidence for marginality in the ancient Greek world, this book argues that intersectionality was the driving factor behind social marginalisation in the Late Archaic and Classical Greek world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Spellings -- Introduction: Hidden Lives -- 1. Definitions and Reception of the Marginalised in Art and Literature -- 2 Disability -- 3. Socioeconomic Status -- 4 Ancestry and Ethnicity -- Conclusion: Marginality at the Intersections -- Bibliography -- Index