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Ethnic Identity in Greek antiquity

Jonathan M. Hall c1997 © Cambridge University Press
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  • 9780511090455 (ebook)
  • 9780521580175 (hardcover)
  • 9780521789998 (paper)
Subject
  • European: Ancient to 400 C.E.
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  • Table of Contents

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  • Frontmatter
  • List of figures (page xi)
  • Preface and acknowledgements (page xiii)
  • Abbreviations used in the text and bibliography (page xvi)
  • 1 Phrasing the problem (page 1)
    • Introduction (page 1)
    • The Dorians in a 'sociology of knowledge' (page 4)
  • 2 The nature and expression of ethnicity: an anthropological view (page 17)
    • The rise and fall of instrumentalism (page 17)
    • Defining the ethnic group (page 19)
    • The genesis and maintenance of ethnic groups (page 26)
    • Summary (page 32)
  • 3. The discursive dimension of ethnic identity (page 34)
    • Ethnic groups in ancient Greece (page 34)
    • Myths of ethnic origins (page 40)
    • The Athenians: Ionians or autochthons? (page 51)
    • Dorians and Herakleidai (page 56)
    • Conclusion (page 65)
  • 4. Ethnography and genealogy: an Argolic case-study (page 67)
    • The ethnic populations of the Argolid (page 67)
    • The genealogies of the Argolid (page 77)
    • Decoding the genealogical grammar (page 83)
    • Staking the Heraklid claim (page 89)
    • Ethnicity and cult: Hera, Herakles and the Herakleidai (page 99)
    • Conclusion (page 106)
  • 5. Ethnicity and archaeology (page 111)
    • Excavating the ethnic group (page 111)
    • Archaeology and the 'Dorian invasion' (page 114)
    • Ethnic groups and archaeological cultures (page 128)
    • The archeology of social praxis (page 131)
    • Conclusion (page 142)
  • 6. Ethnicity and linguistics (page 143)
    • Scripts and alphabets (page 143)
    • Greek dialect history: a synopsis (page 153)
    • Problematising linguistic diversity (page 162)
    • The Greek attitude to dialect (page 170)
    • The role of language in ethnicity (page 177)
    • Conclusion (page 180)
  • 7. Conclusion (page 182)
  • Chronological table (page 186)
  • Chronological table of authors cited in the text (page 188)
  • Bibliography (page 190)
  • Index (page 213)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JHS 120 (2000): 191 http://www.jstor.org/stable/632537
CR 50.1 (2000): 210-211 http://www.jstor.org/stable/3065380
MNE 56.1 (2003): 122-124 http://www.jstor.org/stable/4433421
LAC 68 (1999): 510-511 http://www.jstor.org/stable/41634539
HZ 270.1 (Feb. 2000): 153-154 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27633112
AHSS 5 (Sep. - Oct. 1999): 1197-1199 http://www.jstor.org/stable/27586003
AJA 103.1 (Jan. 1999): 126-127 http://www.jstor.org/stable/506583
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