Fascination with the tiny
Social negotiation through miniatures in Hellenistic Babylonia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3919908 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie M Langin-Hooper (0000-0003-1921-3922, Southern Methodist University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 60-79 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.2014.991803 |
| OpenAlex | W2081444821 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 25 |
The tremendous diversity and variety of miniature objects in Hellenistic Babylonia reflects a social environment of intensive cross-cultural interaction and widespread change. Considering the aspect of miniaturization itself reveals how tiny things participated in this social transformation. Through their appealing and non-threatening materiality, miniatures established an intimate connection with their users that encouraged identity sharing and illusions of power over the outside world. Miniatures of performing bodies, such as musicians and theatrical masks, induced users to experiment with new enactments of Greek cultural identities. Soldiers, deities and other powerful bodies in miniature enabled fantasies of control over the wars and political upheavals endemic to Hellenistic Babylonia. Display-oriented figurines depicting interpersonal relationships encouraged self-identification and shaped new ideals of social behaviour. The miniature objects of Hellenistic Babylonia were more than just witnesses to social change; they were also participants in the processes of negotiating new identity norms for this multicultural society
Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music · Literature · Multiculturalism · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Ancient Near East History · Anthropology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Law
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Entangled
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |