Name: Identity Crises in Apuleius: The Empire and the Ass in Ancient Rome (en Inglés)
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Author: Baker, Ashli J. E.
ISBN: 9780299357702

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Identity Crises in Apuleius: The Empire and the Ass in Ancient Rome (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Editorial

University of Wisconsin Press

Autor

Baker, Ashli J. E.

Año

2026

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

216

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

22.90 x 15.20 cm

ISBN13

9780299357702

Identity Crises in Apuleius: The Empire and the Ass in Ancient Rome (en Inglés)

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Reseña del libro "Identity Crises in Apuleius: The Empire and the Ass in Ancient Rome (en Inglés)"

In the second century CE, the multiethnic, multilingual, and religiously diverse Roman Empire grew to its greatest extent. To maintain order, Rome relied heavily on strict social hierarchies, established not only through legal frameworks like citizenship but also through cultural markers (such as clothing and language) and personal traits (such as educational achievement). Even as Rome grew into one of the world's most powerful empires, however, its social systems strained under the stresses caused by that very growth, which encouraged cultural interaction, long-distance travel, and social mobility--all of which threatened the hierarchies that underpinned Roman order. It was during this time that the North African-born, Latin-speaking, Greek-educated Apuleius--whose own background showcases the multiplicity of identities available then to Roman individuals--flourished. He remains one of the ancient world's best-known authors today, thanks particularly to his famous novel, Metamorphoses, known also as The Golden Ass. Taking a bird's-eye view of his work, Ashli J. E. Baker proffers a bold new reading of Apuleius, proposing that across his writings there is a consistent focus on the theme of identity and its instability. By placing close readings in conversation with sociocultural and material contexts, she shows that because the structures of Roman power depended on inherently unreliable markers of identity, Apuleius' work can be read as a biting critique of the fraught relationship between the individual, society, and the state in his contemporary Rome.