Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity (repost)
Sabine R. Hübner, David M. Ratzan, "Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0521490502 | 350 pages | scan PDF | 50 MB
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0521490502 | 350 pages | scan PDF | 50 MB
As the changes in the traditional family accelerated toward the end of the twentieth century, a great deal of attention came to focus on fathers, both modern and ancient.
While academics and politicians alike singled out the conspicuous and growing absence of the modern father as a crucial factor affecting contemporary family and social dynamics, ancient historians and classicists have rarely explored ancient father-absence, despite the likelihood that nearly a third of all children in the ancient Mediterranean world were fatherless before they turned fifteen. The proportion of children raised by single mothers, relatives, step-parents, or others was thus at least as high in antiquity as it is today. This book assesses the wide-ranging impact high levels of chronic father-absence had on the cultures, politics, and families of the ancient world.