Slavery and Other Forms of Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies : : Semantics and Lexical Fields / / ed. by Jeannine Bischoff, Stephan Conermann.

• MitwirkendeR: Adamski, Susanne,; Conermann, Stephan,; Kollatz, Anna,; Morenz, Ludwig D.,; Nolte, Hans-Heinrich,; Prager, Christian M.,; Schermaier, Martin,; Schmitz, Winfried, 1958-; Wagner, Veruschka,
• HerausgeberIn: Bischoff, Jeannine,; Conermann, Stephan,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Dependency and Slavery Studies , 1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (V, 257 p.)

In this volume, we approach the phenomenon of slavery and other types of strong asymmetrical dependencies from two methodologically and theoretically distinct perspectives: semantics and lexical fields. Detailed analyses of key terms that are associated with the conceptualization of strong asymmetri...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction: The Semantics of Slavery and Other Forms of Strong Asymmetrical Dependency in Comparison
• Indefinite Terms? Social Groups in Early Ancient China (ca. 1300–771 BC) and “Strong Asymmetrical Dependency”
• Tax Coercion as a Real and Metaphorical YOKE: On the Earliest State Administrative Practices Reflected in Ancient Egyptian Writing and Images Around 3000 BC
• Dependent Rural Populations in Archaic and Classical Greece: Free, Slave, or Between Free and Slave?
• Familia and Dependency in Roman Law Texts
• Visualizations and Expressions of Dependencies in Classic Maya Narratives: A Semiotic Approach
• How to Approach Emic Semantics of Dependency in Islamic Legal Texts: Reflections on the Ḥanafī Legal Commentary al-Hidāya fī sharḥ bidāya al-mubtadī and its British-Colonial Translation
• Modes of Manumission: What Terms Used for Emancipation Tell Us about Dependencies in Ottoman Society
• Terms for Dependent People in Rural Russia in Early Modern Records
• Contributors
• Index