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Chargement... Slave-wives, single women and bastards in the ancient greek world : law and economics perspectivespar Morris Silver
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By examining Greek nuptial institutions from the Archaic through to the Hellenistic period, Morris Silver presents an original and thought-provoking analysis from his perspective as an ancient economist. Utilising an abundance of source material from different genres (literature, epigraphic, onomastic, and iconographic) and even historical cultures (Roman and Near Eastern), Silver’s scope is certainly ambitious. Yet he anchors his broad research on Greek nuptial practices to an examination of their impact on the three crucial status groups listed in his title, the pallakē (slave-wife), the hetaira (single woman), and the nothos (bastard). His main objective is therefore to trace the legal standing of the slave-wife and the single woman, and thus the implications for their bastard children. The author focuses on interpreting the key economic contribution that all three groupings made to Greek society. The finished product is a stimulating survey of the marital roles of women, one which will prove to be an invaluable addition to current scholarship on both gender and economics in the ancient world.
Greek scholars have produced a vast body of evidence bearing on nuptial practices that has yet to be mined by a professional economist. By standing on their shoulders, the author proposes and tests radically new interpretations of three important status groups in Greek history: the pallake, the hetaira, and the nothos. It is argued that legitimate marriage - that is `marriage by loan of the bride to the groom' - was not the only form of legal marriage in classical Athens and the ancient Greek world generally. Pallakia, that is, `marriage by sale of the bride to the groom', also was legally recognized. The pallake-wifeship transaction is a sale into slavery with a restrictive covenant mandating the employment of the sold woman as a wife. In this highly original and challenging new book economist Morris Silver proposes and tests the hypothesis that the likelihood of bride sale rises with increases in the distance between the ancestral residence of the groom and the father's household. The `bastard' (nothoi) children of pallakai lacked the legal right to inherit from their fathers but were routinely eligible for Athenian citizenship. It is argued that the basic social meaning of hetaira (`companion') is not `prostitute'/'courtesan' but `single woman' - that is, a woman legally recognized as being under her own authority (kuria). The defensive adaptation of single women is reflected in Greek myth and social practice by their grouping into `packs', most famously the Daniads and Amazons. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)306.8153Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Culture and Institutions Marriage and Parenting Marriage SinglenessClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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