UID:
almahu_9949557044202882
Format:
1 online resource (320 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
3-11-121054-5
Series Statement:
Dependency and Slavery Studies ; v.8
Content:
An examination of the terms used in specific historical contexts to refer to those people in a society who can be categorized as being in a position of 'strong asymmetrical dependency' (including slavery) provides insights into the social categories and distinctions that informed asymmetrical social interactions. In a similar vein, an analysis of historical narratives that either justify or challenge dependency is conducive to revealing how dependency may be embedded in (historical) discourses and ways of thinking. The eleven contributions in the volume approach these issues from various disciplinary vantage points, including theology, global history, Ottoman history, literary studies, and legal history. The authors address a wide range of different textual sources and historical contexts - from medieval Scandinavia and the Fatimid Empire to the history of abolition in Martinique and human rights violations in contemporary society. While the authors contribute innovative insights to ongoing discussions within their disciplines, the articles were also written with a view to the endeavor of furthering Dependency Studies as a transdisciplinary approach to the study of human societies past and present.
Note:
Jeannine Bischoff, Stephan Conermann and Marion GymnichNaming, Defining, Phrasing Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies:Introduction1 -- Stefan BrinkA'Grammar of Asymmetrical Dependency'for Early Scandinavia(to c. 1350)13 -- Hossein SheikhServant or Slave: The Old Persian WordsBandaka, MarikaandDahaand theirCognates in Middle Iranian Languages55Serena TolinoNaming Eunuchs in Islamicate Societies69 -- Chris L. de WetSearching for the Captive Monk: Late Antique Slavery and Syrian AsceticalTheology and Practice85 -- Ruth EnnisNarrating'White Slavery'in and out of Fiction, 1854-1880103 -- Rachel Zelnick-AbramovitzThe Slave Who Made It: Narratives of Manumitted Slaves in the GreekWorld149 -- Elke BrüggenCaptured, Abducted, Sold: The Muslim Rennewart in the Middle High GermanEpic PoemWillehalm169 -- Christiane CzyganFrom Slave to Queen: Hurrem Sultan's Agenda in Her Narration of Love(1526-1548)197Caroline LaskeWomen in theSachsenspiegel: Gender and Asymmetrical Dependencies213 -- Ulrike SchmiederDiffering Narratives of the Case of the Jaham Brothers and its Aftermath:Enslavement, Emancipation and their Legacies in Martinique239 -- Barbara Herceg PakšicSlavery and Beyond through the Lens of Judicial Reasoning-Criminal Justiceand Human Rights Approaches and Perspectives285 -- Index311.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783111200705
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1515/9783111210544
