Domestic Space in Classical Antiquity

by Lisa C. Nevett

Book Overview

Housing is shaped by culturally-specific expectations about the kinds of architecture and decoration that are appropriate; about how and where different activities should be carried out; and by and with whom. It is those expectations, and the wider social and cultural systems of which they are a part, that are explored in this volume. At the same time, the book as a whole argues two larger points: first, that while houses, households and families...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521789451
• ISBN13: 9780521789455
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"