UID:
almafu_9959241412002883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 228 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First paperback edition.
ISBN:
0-511-09045-5
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0-511-60564-1
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0-511-00531-8
Series Statement:
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Content:
In this book Jonathan Hall seeks to demonstrate that the ethnic groups of ancient Greece, like many ethnic groups throughout the world today, were not ultimately racial, linguistic, religious or cultural groups, but social groups whose 'origins' in extraneous territories were just as often imagined as they were real. Adopting an explicitly anthropological point of view, he examines the evidence of literature, archaeology and linguistics to elucidate the nature of ethnic identity in ancient Greece. Rather than treating Greek ethnic groups as 'natural' or 'essential' - let alone 'racial' - entities, he emphasises the active, constructive and dynamic role of ethnography, genealogy, material culture and language in shaping ethnic consciousness. An introductory chapter outlines the history of the study of ethnicity in Greek antiquity.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Phrasing the problem.
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Introduction.
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The Dorians in a 'sociology of knowledge' --
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The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view.
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The rise and fall of instrumentalism.
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Defining the ethnic group.
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The genesis and maintenance of ethnic groups.
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Summary --
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The discursive dimension of ethnic identity.
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Ethnic groups in ancient Greece.
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Myths of ethnic origins.
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The Athenians: Ionians or autochthons?
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Dorians and Herakleidai --
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Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study.
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The ethnic populations of the Argolid.
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The genealogies of the Argolid.
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Decoding the genealogical grammar.
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Staking the Heraklid claim.
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Ethnicity and cult: Hera, Herakles and the Herakleidai --
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Ethnicity and archaeology.
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Excavating the ethnic group.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-78999-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-58017-X
Language:
English
