The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World
Author:   Robert Garland
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   2nd ed.
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9781853997372


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   31 August 2010
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Author:   Robert Garland
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bristol Classical Press
Edition:   2nd ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.428kg
ISBN:  

9781853997372


ISBN 10:   1853997374
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   31 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition Supplementary Bibliography Preface to the First Edition Abbreviations Introduction 1. Survival of the Weakest 2. Half-Lives 3. The Roman Emperor in his Monstrous World 4. The Deformed and the Divine 5. Deriding the Disabled 6. The Physiognomic Consciousness 7. Images of the Deformed 8. Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 9. Towards a Teratology 10. Racial Deformity Conclusions Glossary Notes Bibliography Index Locorum General Index

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'... should be read by everyone with a concern for where we come from morally, intellectually, politically and culturally' - Paul Cartledge, Times Higher Educational Supplement. 'Garland's enthusiasm and erudition have produced one of the most readable and informative books of recent years in the field of ancient social history ... an excellent introduction to the subject' - Tim Parkin, Classical Review.


... should be read by everyone with a concern for where we come from morally, intellectually, politically and culturally. -- Paul Cartledge, Times Higher Educational Supplement Garland's enthusiasm and erudition have produced one of the most readable and informative books of recent years in the field of ancient social history ... an excellent introduction to the subject. -- Tim Parkin, Classical Review


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Robert Garland is Professor of Classics at Colgate University, New York. He is the author of many books, including Hannibal (Ancients in Action series, 2010), Celebrity in Antiquity: From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens (Classical Inter/Faces series, 2006), Surviving Greek Tragedy (2004) and Religion and the Greeks (Classical World series, 1994).

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