Dining posture in ancient Rome : bodies, values, and status / Matthew B. Roller.
Dining posture in ancient Rome : bodies, values, and status / Matthew B. Roller.
Dining posture in ancient Rome : bodies, values, and status / Matthew B. Roller.
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Date
2006.
Call Numbers
N394.10937/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 219 p., 8 leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Dining men : posture, leisure, and privilege -- Dining women : posture, sex, and status -- Dining children : posture, pedagogy, and coming of age.
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire : Princeton University Press, 2006.
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
2006.
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Summary
"This book investigates the meaning and importance of the three principal dining postures - reclining, sitting, and standing - in the period 200 B.C.-A.D. 200. It explores the social values and distinctions associated with each of the postures and with the diners who assumed them. Roller shows that dining posture was entangled with a variety of pre...
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Dining posture in ancient Rome : bodies, values, and status / Matthew B. Roller.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N394.10937/1
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74VKKZw35BE3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKZw35BE3
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ISBN
9780691124575 (hbk.)
0691124574 (hbk.) :
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394.10937
MMS ID
991021733499702626
