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Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity

Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity

Ratzan, David M.
Hubner, Sabine R.

Hardcover

Ancient History GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0521490502
ISBN13: 9780521490504
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Feb 19 2009
Pages: 350
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
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.

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