Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity
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| Title: | Growing Up Fatherless in Antiquity |
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| Description: | 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. |
| Authors: | Sabine R. Hübner, David M. Ratzan |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Civilization, Greco-Roman--Social aspects, Fathers in literature, Fatherless families--History--To 1500, Civilization, Ancient--Social aspects |
| Categories: | FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Reference, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Alternative Family |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | 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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| ISBN: | 9780521490504 9780511508226 |
