Local knowledge and microidentities in the imperial Greek world / edited by Tim Whitmarsh.
"This volume explores the proposition that the absorption of the Greek world into the Roman empire created a new emphasis upon local identities, much as globalisation in the modern world has done. Localism became the focal point for complex debates: in some cases it was complementary with imperial o...
| Uniform Title: | Greek culture in the Roman world.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Greek culture in the Roman world.
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Thinking local Tim Whitmarsh; 2. Imperial identities Clifford Ando; 3. What is local identity? The politics of cultural mapping Simon Goldhill; 4. Europa's sons: Roman perceptions of Cretan identity Ilaria Romeo; 5. The Ionians of Paphlagonia Stephen Mitchell; 6. Ancestry and identity in the Roman empire Christopher Jones; 7. Creating space for bicultural identity: Herodes Atticus commemorates Regilla Maud Gleason; 8. Being Termessian: local knowledge and identity politics in a Pisidian city Onno Van Nijf; 9. Epilogue Greg Woolf.