Ancient Perceptions of Greek Ethnicity

Irad Malkin
Center for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2001 - History - 418 pages

This book is a study of the variable perceptions of Greek collective identity, discussing ancient categories such as blood- and mythically-related primordiality, language, religion, and culture. With less emphasis on dichotomies between Greeks and others, the book considers complex middle grounds of intra-Hellenic perceptions, oppositional identities, and outsiders' views. Although the authors do not seek to provide a litmus test of Greek identity, they do pay close attention to modern theories of ethnicity, its construction, function, and representation, and assess their applicability to views of Greekness in antiquity.

From the Archaic period through the Roman Empire, archaeological, anthropological, historical, historiographical, rhetorical, artistic, and literary aspects are studied. Regardless of the invented aspects of ethnicity, the book illustrates its force and validity in history.

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Contents

Introduction Irad Malkin
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Ethnicity and the Construction
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CHAPTER THREE
51
Copyright

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Bibliographic information

TitleAncient Perceptions of Greek Ethnicity
Volume 5 of Center for Hellenic Studies colloquia, Center for Hellenic Studies
EditorIrad Malkin
Editionillustrated
PublisherCenter for Hellenic Studies, Trustees for Harvard University, 2001
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 2, 2008
ISBN0674006623, 9780674006621
Length418 pages
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History / Ancient / Greece
History / General
Psychology / Social Psychology
Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General
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