Jerry Toner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5635819 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jerry Toner |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jerry |
| FAMILY NAME | Toner |
| SIGNATURE | TONER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Eingegangene Bücher
Gambling
Gambling was widely popular in antiquity and took place in a variety of forms, being particularly associated with taverns. This close connection with popular culture meant that gambling was viewed by elites as being morally suspect and resulted in its being largely illegal in the Roman world. From the point of view of the average participant, gambling taught valuable life skills and attitudes, such as the importance of windfall economics, the rul…
The Intellectual Life of the Roman Non-Elite
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Social Relations and Constructions of Social Identity among Roman Non-Elites
This article discusses the social relations of the Roman non-elite in two overlapping areas: the modes of behaviour that governed their communication and relations with each other; and the communal contexts in which such interaction often took place. The nature of the surviving evidence makes these tasks problematic and accounts for why they have been largely neglected by scholars to date. The article tries to reconstruct how the non-elite intera…
Barbers, Barbershops and Searching for Roman Popular Culture
This paper looks at one particular group of non-élite tradesmen — barbers — to see what they can tell us about popular culture, primarily in the city of Rome in the early Empire. It begins by looking at the significance barbers had in wider cultural discourse. Grooming the hair sat under that difficult umbrella term, cultus , which related to all manner of adornment and refinement. A key question for the study of ancient popular culture is whethe…
A Cultural History of the Senses in Antiquity
The ancient world used the senses to express an enormous range of cultural meanings. Indeed the senses were functionally significant in all aspects of ancient life, often in ways that were complex and interconnected. Antiquity was also a period where the senses were experienced vividly: cities stank, statues were brightly painted and literature made full use of sensory imagery to create its effects. In a steeply hierarchical world, with vast diff…
Homer's Turk
Spanning the Crusades, the Indian Raj, and the postwar decline of the British Empire, Homer’s Turk illuminates how English writers of all eras have relied on Greek and Roman literature to help them understand the world once called “the Orient.” Even today, the Classics frame the West’s relationship with the Islamic world, India, and China.
Homer's Turk
Barbers, Barbershops and Searching for Roman Popular Culture
This paper looks at one particular group of non-élite tradesmen — barbers — to see what they can tell us about popular culture, primarily in the city of Rome in the early Empire. It begins by looking at the significance barbers had in wider cultural discourse. Grooming the hair sat under that difficult umbrella term, cultus , which related to all manner of adornment and refinement. A key question for the study of ancient popular culture is whethe…
Homer's Turk
Spanning the Crusades, the Indian Raj, and the postwar decline of the British Empire, Homer’s Turk illuminates how English writers of all eras have relied on Greek and Roman literature to help them understand the world once called “the Orient.” Even today, the Classics frame the West’s relationship with the Islamic world, India, and China.
Homer's Turk
A Cultural History of the Senses in Antiquity
The ancient world used the senses to express an enormous range of cultural meanings. Indeed the senses were functionally significant in all aspects of ancient life, often in ways that were complex and interconnected. Antiquity was also a period where the senses were experienced vividly: cities stank, statues were brightly painted and literature made full use of sensory imagery to create its effects. In a steeply hierarchical world, with vast diff…
Social Relations and Constructions of Social Identity among Roman Non-Elites
This article discusses the social relations of the Roman non-elite in two overlapping areas: the modes of behaviour that governed their communication and relations with each other; and the communal contexts in which such interaction often took place. The nature of the surviving evidence makes these tasks problematic and accounts for why they have been largely neglected by scholars to date. The article tries to reconstruct how the non-elite intera…
Barbers, Barbershops and Searching for Roman Popular Culture
This paper looks at one particular group of non-élite tradesmen — barbers — to see what they can tell us about popular culture, primarily in the city of Rome in the early Empire. It begins by looking at the significance barbers had in wider cultural discourse. Grooming the hair sat under that difficult umbrella term, cultus , which related to all manner of adornment and refinement. A key question for the study of ancient popular culture is whethe…
The Intellectual Life of the Roman Non-Elite
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Gambling
Gambling was widely popular in antiquity and took place in a variety of forms, being particularly associated with taverns. This close connection with popular culture meant that gambling was viewed by elites as being morally suspect and resulted in its being largely illegal in the Roman world. From the point of view of the average participant, gambling taught valuable life skills and attitudes, such as the importance of windfall economics, the rul…
Eingegangene Bücher
Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (2 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (2 works)