Writing, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE

Datos Bibliográficos

ID11832007
EditoresJeremiah Coogan (0000-0001-6426-1478, autor de correspondencia), Candida R Moss, Joseph A Howley
Año2025
Fecha de publicación2025-07-23
Open AccessNo
TipoBOOK
RevistaWriting, Enslavement, and Power in the Roman Mediterranean, 100 BCE–300 CE (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialOxford University PressNew York, NY (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/9780197769997.001.0001
OpenAlexW4412612478
ISBN9780197769997
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas460

This volume interrogates the intersections between writing and enslavement around the Roman Mediterranean. Drawing upon methods developed in studies of book history and Atlantic slavery, the essays demonstrate the myriad ways that the material and intellectual contributions of literary workers were vital to the composition, editing, copying, circulation, reading, and preservation of Roman texts. The volume exposes the way that power dynamics erase and denigrate enslaved contributions; the manner in which language barriers, travel, gender difference, and disability created dependence on enslaved workers; the prominent role of enslaved workers in practical work like bookkeeping, basic education, and divination; the unseen labor of enslaved collators, note-keepers, editors, and curators; and the influence and representation of enslaved workers and work in literature, letters, and rhetoric

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