Naming, Defining, Phrasing Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies A Textual Approach

An examination of the terms used in specific historical contexts to refer to those people in a society who can be categorized as being in a position of ‘strong asymmetrical dependency’ (including slavery) provides insights into the social categories and distinctions that informed asymmetrical social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Bischoff, Jeannine, contributor (contributor), Bischoff, Jeannine, editor (editor), Brink, Stefan, contributor, Brüggen, Elke, contributor, Conermann, Stephan, contributor, Conermann, Stephan, editor, Czygan, Christiane, contributor, Ennis, Ruth, contributor, Gymnich, Marion, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter [2023]
Colección:Dependency and Slavery Studies , 8
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Naming, Defining, Phrasing Strong Asymmetrical Dependencies: Introduction
  • A ‘Grammar of Asymmetrical Dependency’ for Early Scandinavia (to c. 1350)
  • Servant or Slave: The Old Persian Words Bandaka, Marika and Daha and their Cognates in Middle Iranian Languages
  • Naming Eunuchs in Islamicate Societies
  • Searching for the Captive Monk: Late Antique Slavery and Syrian Ascetical Theology and Practice
  • Narrating ‘White Slavery’ in and out of Fiction, 1854–1880
  • The Slave Who Made It: Narratives of Manumitted Slaves in the Greek World
  • Captured, Abducted, Sold: The Muslim Rennewart in the Middle High German Epic Poem Willehalm
  • From Slave to Queen: Hurrem Sultan’s Agenda in Her Narration of Love (1526–1548)
  • Women in the Sachsenspiegel: Gender and Asymmetrical Dependencies
  • Differing Narratives of the Case of the Jaham Brothers and its Aftermath: Enslavement, Emancipation and their Legacies in Martinique
  • Slavery and Beyond through the Lens of Judicial Reasoning – Criminal Justice and Human Rights Approaches and Perspectives
  • Index